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): April 26, 2017

GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Louisiana
001-34279
72-1147390
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

16225 Park Ten Place, Suite 280
Houston, Texas 77084
 (Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
(713) 714-6100
(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 Company held its 2017 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on April 26, 2017 in Houston, Texas. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders (i) elected each of the three persons listed below to serve as a Class II director for a term expiring in 2020, (ii) ratified the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2017 fiscal year, (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, and (iv) approved, on an advisory basis, holding future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers each year.

Of the 14,850,154 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of the record date, 12,557,203 shares were represented at the Annual Meeting. The Company’s independent inspector of elections reported the vote of shareholders as follows:

Proposal 1:    Election of three Class II directors.

Name
 
Votes For
 
Votes Withheld
 
Broker
Non-Votes
Gregory Cotter
 
10,304,111
 
546,897
 
1,706,195
Christopher Harding
 
10,390,699
 
460,309
 
1,706,195
John Laborde
 
10,304,913
 
546,095
 
1,706,195

Proposal 2:
Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
12,281,937
 
270,107
 
5,158

Proposal 3:
Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
10,539,968
 
302,201
 
8,839
 
1,706,195

Proposal 4:
Approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
Every Year
 
Every 2 Years
 
Every 3 Years
 
Abstentions
8,440,670
 
36,979
 
2,357,975
 
15,384





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.

 
 
GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Kirk J. Meche
 
 
 
Kirk J. Meche
 
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dated:
April 26, 2017