Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (Form: 8-K)  

 


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):   September 20, 2016

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 001-16545 13-4146982
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
2000 Westchester Avenue, Purchase, New York   10577
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   914-701-8000

Not Applicable
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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

On September 20, 2016, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held a special meeting of its stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). The Company filed its Definitive Proxy Statement for the proposals voted upon at the Special Meeting with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 12, 2016.

As of the close of business on August 2, 2016, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were 24,830,330 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. A quorum of 23,036,129 shares of the Company’s common stock was represented in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting. The number of votes cast for or against, as well as abstentions and broker non-votes, if applicable, with respect to each proposal submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Special Meeting is set out below:

1. Proposal to approve, pursuant to NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(d), the issuance by the Company of shares of the Company’s common stock in excess of 4,937,392 shares (representing 19.9% of the Company’s outstanding common shares on May 4, 2016) (the “Restricted Share Issuance”) upon the exercise of the warrants issued by the Company to Amazon.com, Inc. on May 4, 2016.

                                     
For
      Against       Abstain       Broker Non-Votes
 
                                   
21,913,564
        28,669           1,436           1,092,460  

The proposal to approve the Restricted Share Issuance received the affirmative vote of approximately 99.9% of the votes cast on such proposal at the Special Meeting.

2. Proposal to approve an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter Amendment”) to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 50,000,000 to 100,000,000.

                                 
For
      Against       Abstain       Broker Non-Votes
 
                               
22,823,859
        211,026           1,244         -0-

The proposal to approve the Charter Amendment received the affirmative vote of approximately 91.9% of the shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote on such proposal at the Special Meeting.


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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.

         
    Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
          
September 20, 2016   By:   /s/ Adam R. Kokas
       
        Name: Adam R. Kokas
        Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Human Resources Officer