UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 10, 2011 (June 9, 2011)
UNION DRILLING, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
| 000-51630 | 16-1537048 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
| 4055 International Plaza, Suite 610, Fort Worth, Texas | 76109 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
(817) 735-8793
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Union Drilling, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on Thursday, June 9, 2011, in the Company’s corporate offices at 4055 International Plaza, Suite 610, Fort Worth, Texas.
The Company had 23,188,845 shares of common stock eligible to vote at the 2011 Annual Meeting; 22,610,672 shares were voted. The final results of voting on each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the 2011 Annual Meeting are as follows:
| 1. | Stockholders elected each of the Company’s three Class II nominees for director to serve for a three year term to expire at the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successor has been duly elected and qualified, as set forth below. |
| Name |
Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||
| Thomas H. O’Neill, Jr. |
15,764,478 | 5,240,506 | 0 | 1,605,688 | ||||||
| Gregory D. Myers |
18,856,016 | 2,148,968 | 0 | 1,605,688 | ||||||
| Christopher D. Strong |
20,578,352 | 426,632 | 0 | 1,605,688 | ||||||
| 2. | Stockholders approved the advisory (non-binding) vote on the Company’s executive compensation program for its named executive officers, as set forth below. |
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 20,506,137 |
134,947 | 363,900 | 1,605,688 |
| 3. | The option to hold advisory (non-binding) votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every three years received a majority of the votes cast. |
| One Year |
Two Years |
Three Years |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| 8,538,399 |
16,007 | 11,533,102 | 917,476 | 1,605,688 |
| 4. | Stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for 2011, as set forth below. |
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 22,326,585 |
59,509 | 224,578 | 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.
| UNION DRILLING, INC. | ||||
| Date: June 10, 2011 | By: | /s/ Christopher D. Strong | ||
| Christopher D. Strong, President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
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