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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
 
May 24, 2023
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
 
Expro Group Holdings N.V.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
The Netherlands
001-36053
98-1107145
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
     
 
1311 Broadfield Blvd., Suite 400
Houston, TX
77084
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
     
 
(713) 463-9776
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Check the appropriate box 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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, €0.06 nominal value XPRO New York Stock Exchange
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company  
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐
 
 

 
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
Expro Group Holdings N.V. (the “Company”) held its 2023 annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 24, 2023. The following are the final voting results on the proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, each of which is more fully described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”).
 
At the close of business on April 26, 2023, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 108,592,169 shares of the Company’s common stock, each with a nominal value of €0.06 per share, were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.
 
Proposal 1. The directors that were nominated for election by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) were elected to serve until the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified or upon the earlier of their death, disability, resignation or removal. Votes regarding the election of these directors were as follows:
 
NOMINEE
 
VOTES FOR
   
VOTES
AGAINST
   
VOTES
ABSTAINED
   
BROKER NON-
VOTES
 
Michael C. Kearney
    88,194,622       2,031,112       908       4,493,537  
Michael Jardon
    88,773,974       1,449,995       2,673       4,493,537  
Eitan Arbeter
    88,755,216       1,395,929       75,497       4,493,537  
Robert W. Drummond
    88,799,052       1,400,777       26,813       4,493,537  
Alan Schrager
    84,430,874       5,720,432       75,336       4,493,537  
Lisa L. Troe
    87,870,655       2,281,457       74,530       4,493,537  
Brian Truelove
    88,195,304       2,003,379       27,959       4,493,537  
Frances M. Vallejo
    88,790,888       1,360,968       74,786       4,493,537  
Eileen G. Whelley
    88,557,217       1,594,506       74,919       4,493,537  
 
Proposal 2. The proposal by the Board seeking approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved. The voting results were as follows:
 
VOTES FOR
   
VOTES AGAINST
   
VOTES ABSTAINED
   
BROKER NON-VOTES
 
88,529,805       1,662,490       34,347       4,493,537  
 
Proposal 3. The proposal to review the annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, including the paragraph relating to corporate governance, to confirm and ratify the preparation of the Company’s Dutch statutory annual accounts and annual report of the Board in the English language and to confirm and adopt the Company’s Dutch annual accounts for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 was approved. The voting results were as follows:
 
VOTES FOR
   
VOTES AGAINST
   
VOTES ABSTAINED
   
BROKER NON-VOTES
 
92,915,388       13,072       1,791,719        
 
Proposal 4. The proposal to discharge the members of the Board from liability in respect of the exercise of their duties during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 was approved. The voting results were as follows:
 
VOTES FOR
   
VOTES AGAINST
   
VOTES ABSTAINED
   
BROKER NON-VOTES
 
88,861,406       1,293,589       71,647       4,493,537  
 
 

 
Proposal 5. The proposal to appoint Deloitte Accountants B.V. as the Company’s auditor who will audit the Dutch statutory annual accounts of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, as required by Dutch law, was approved. The voting results were as follows:
 
VOTES FOR
   
VOTES AGAINST
   
VOTES ABSTAINED
   
BROKER NON-VOTES
 
92,993,244       12,294       1,714,641        
 
Proposal 6. The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s U.S. GAAP financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was approved. The voting results were as follows:
 
VOTES FOR
   
VOTES AGAINST
   
VOTES ABSTAINED
   
BROKER NON-VOTES
 
92,994,072       12,694       1,713,413        
 
Proposal 7. The proposal to authorize the Board to approve the repurchase of shares up to 10% of the issued share capital, for any legal purpose, through the stock exchange or in a private purchase transaction, at a price between $0.01 and 105% of the market price on the New York Stock Exchange, and during a period of 18 months starting from the date of the Annual Meeting was approved. The voting results were as follows:
 
VOTES FOR
   
VOTES AGAINST
   
VOTES ABSTAINED
   
BROKER NON-VOTES
 
92,449,537       1,992,682       277,960        
 
Proposal 8. The proposal to authorize the Board to issue shares up to 20% of the issued share capital as of the date of the Annual Meeting, for any legal purpose, at the stock exchange or in a private purchase transaction, and during a period of 18 months starting from the date of the Annual Meeting was approved. The authorization also includes the authority to restrict or exclude pre-emptive rights upon an issue of shares. The voting results were as follows:
 
VOTES FOR
   
VOTES AGAINST
   
VOTES ABSTAINED
   
BROKER NON-VOTES
 
90,484,902       4,162,908       72,369        
 
Proposal 10. The proposal to adopt the Company’s 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan was approved. The voting results were as follows:
 
VOTES FOR
   
VOTES AGAINST
   
VOTES ABSTAINED
   
BROKER NON-VOTES
 
88,933,629       39,120       1,253,893       4,493,537  
 
 

 
 
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.
 
Expro Group Holdings N.V.
Date: May 25, 2023 
By:
/s/ John McAlister
John McAlister
General Counsel and Secretary