Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): May 22, 2012

 

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-13926   76-0321760

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

15415 Katy Freeway

Houston, Texas 77094

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (281) 492-5300

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate line below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

(a) Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Annual Meeting”) on May 22, 2012 in New York, New York.

(b) At the Annual Meeting, the holders of 125,124,937 shares of common stock out of 139,027,909 shares entitled to vote as of the record date were represented in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The final voting results for each of the items presented for stockholder approval were as follows:

1. To elect ten directors to serve until the Company’s 2013 annual meeting of stockholders. The number of votes for, against and abstained and all shares as to which brokers indicated that they did not have the authority to vote (“Broker Non-Votes”) with respect to each director were as follows:

 

     Number of Shares  
     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  

James S. Tisch

     100,968,375         14,916,429         127,181         9,112,952   

Lawrence R. Dickerson

     103,484,971         12,411,541         115,473         9,112,952   

John R. Bolton

     114,910,520         936,822         164,643         9,112,952   

Charles L. Fabrikant

     84,317,808         31,575,068         119,109         9,112,952   

Paul G. Gaffney II

     114,690,190         1,158,801         162,994         9,112,952   

Edward Grebow

     114,641,512         1,207,175         163,298         9,112,952   

Herbert C. Hofmann

     101,552,071         14,341,590         118,324         9,112,952   

Clifford M. Sobel

     114,983,565         952,772         75,648         9,112,952   

Andrew H. Tisch

     101,535,831         14,354,913         121,241         9,112,952   

Raymond S. Troubh

     114,433,133         1,493,829         85,023         9,112,952   

2. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for fiscal year 2012:

 

     Number of Shares  

For

     124,283,885   

Against

     769,196   

Abstain

     71,856   

Broker Non-Votes

     0   

3. To approve, by advisory vote, executive compensation:

 

     Number of Shares  

For

     114,451,880   

Against

     1,313,324   

Abstain

     246,781   

Broker Non-Votes

     9,112,952   

 

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4. To approve the Company’s amended and restated Incentive Compensation Plan for Executive Officers:

 

     Number of Shares  

For

     114,680,887   

Against

     1,179,143   

Abstain

     151,955   

Broker Non-Votes

     9,112,952   

Based on the final vote as reported above, the ten director nominees named above were elected as directors of the Company. In addition, the Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for fiscal year 2012, approved, by advisory vote, executive compensation and approved the Company’s amended and restated Incentive Compensation Plan for Executive Officers.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING, INC.
By:   /s/ William C. Long
  William C. Long
 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Secretary

Dated: May 25, 2012

 

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