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Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors, Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On May 5, 2021, Elton Bond, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of MRC Global Inc. (the “Company”), submitted his resignation from the Company to be effective May 19, 2021. Mr. Bond is leaving the Company to pursue another opportunity at another employer.
Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was held on Thursday, May 6, 2021 as a virtual, on-line meeting. The results of the matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders at the meeting are set forth in the immediately following table below. Pursuant to Delaware law and the Company’s By-Laws, broker non-votes are not considered votes cast and do not affect the outcome of the votes. In addition, abstentions are also not considered votes cast for any of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. Therefore, only votes for and against each matter are included in the percentages below.
Item I. Election of Directors. Stockholders elected each of the persons named below as Directors to hold office until the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, or until their successors are elected and qualified, or their earlier retirement, removal or death:
FOR | % FOR |
WITHHELD | % WITHHELD |
BROKER NON-VOTES |
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Deborah G. Adams |
88,054,772 | 97.26 | 2,479,525 | 2.74 | 4,634,408 | |||||||||||||||
Leonard M. Anthony |
87,815,507 | 97.00 | 2,718,790 | 3.00 | 4,634,408 | |||||||||||||||
Rhys J. Best |
86,789,414 | 95.86 | 3,744,883 | 4.14 | 4,634,408 | |||||||||||||||
Barbara J. Duganier |
88,747,346 | 98.03 | 1,786,951 | 1.97 | 4,634,408 | |||||||||||||||
Dr. Cornelis A. Linse |
87,553,378 | 96.71 | 2,980,919 | 3.29 | 4,634,408 | |||||||||||||||
Robert J. Saltiel, Jr. |
89,627,171 | 99.00 | 907,126 | 1.00 | 4,634,408 | |||||||||||||||
Robert L. Wood |
87,868,461 | 97.06 | 2,665,836 | 2.94 | 4,634,408 |
Item II. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation. The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as set forth in the immediately following table:
Votes Cast For: |
86,653,238 | 95.78 | % | |||||
Votes Cast Against: |
3,820,991 | 4.22 | % | |||||
Abstentions: |
60,068 | |||||||
Broker Non-Votes: |
4,634,408 |
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Item III. Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Auditors. The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021 as set forth in the immediately following table:
Votes Cast For: |
94,417,383 | 99.21 | % | |||||
Votes Cast Against: |
711,352 | 0.75 | % | |||||
Abstentions: |
39,970 | |||||||
Broker Non-Votes: |
0 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: May 10, 2021
MRC GLOBAL INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Daniel J. Churay | |
Daniel J. Churay | ||
Executive Vice President – Corporate Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
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