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) December 2, 2010
Matrix Service Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
DELAWARE
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
| 001-15461 | 73-1352174 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
| 5100 E Skelly Dr., Suite 700, Tulsa, OK | 74135 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
918-838-8822
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Appointment of Principal Financial Officer
Effective December 6, 2010 Kevin S. Cavanah, age 46, was promoted to serve as Vice President Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Matrix Service Company (the “Company”). Mr. Cavanah previously served as Vice President, Accounting and Financial Reporting for the Company since August of 2007 and as Controller since April of 2003. The Company’s press release announcing Mr. Cavanah’s promotion is attached as Exhibit 99 to this Form 8-K.
Mr. Cavanah will receive a base salary of $235,000 per year. In connection with the promotion, Mr. Cavanah was awarded 23,000 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) under the Matrix Service Company 2004 Stock Incentive Plan. The RSUs will vest in five equal annual installments beginning one year after the date of grant. Mr. Cavanah will continue to participate in the Company’s annual/short-term incentive compensation plan. The annual payment under the plan is based on the achievement of performance criteria and will range from 0% to 75% of Mr. Cavanah’s base salary. Mr. Cavanah’s target bonus will be 50% of his base salary.
The Company will enter into a Change of Control/Severance Agreement (the “Severance Agreement”) with Mr. Cavanah. Under this agreement, a payment of benefits may occur under two circumstances:
| • | The Company experiences a “change of control” and Mr. Cavanah suffers and “adverse event” or is terminated without “cause,” either on the date of the change of control or within 24 months after the change of control; or |
| • | Mr. Cavanah is terminated from employment at any time for reasons other than cause. |
In the event Mr. Cavanah is terminated for cause, all benefits and payments under the Severance Agreement are forfeited. In the event Mr. Cavanah suffers an adverse event within 24 months after a change of control, he will be paid an amount equal to two years’ annual salary plus the average annual bonus compensation paid to him in the lesser of the previous three years or the number of full fiscal years he has been employed in the position. All forms of equity benefits will vest and restrictions on such benefits will lapse immediately. In the event Mr. Cavanah is terminated from employment for reasons other than cause, he will be paid an amount equal to one year’s annual salary plus the average annual bonus compensation paid to him in the lesser of the previous three years or the number of full fiscal years he has been employed in the position.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The stockholders of the Company voted on the matters set forth below at the annual meeting of stockholders held in Tulsa, Oklahoma on December 2, 2010.
| 1. | The nominees for election to the Board of Directors were elected to serve until the 2011 annual meeting of stockholders. The results of the vote were as follows: |
| Nominee |
Votes For |
Authority Withheld |
Broker Non Votes |
|||||||||
| Michael J. Hall |
21,812,638 | 694,712 | 2,051,384 | |||||||||
| I. Edgar (Ed) Hendrix |
21,000,419 | 1,506,931 | 2,051,384 | |||||||||
| Paul K. Lackey |
20,997,760 | 1,509,590 | 2,051,384 | |||||||||
| Tom E. Maxwell |
21,025,628 | 1,481,722 | 2,051,384 | |||||||||
| David J. Tippeconnic |
20,997,760 | 1,509,590 | 2,051,384 | |||||||||
Michael J. Bradley served as the Company’s CEO and a member of the Board of Directors until his resignation on November 5, 2010. At this time, the Board of Directors has elected to leave the seat formerly occupied by Mr. Bradley vacant.
| 2. | The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2011 was approved. The results of the vote were as follows: |
| Votes For |
24,472,726 | |||
| Votes Against |
82,731 | |||
| Abstentions |
3,277 |
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
The following exhibit is filed herewith:
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99 | Press Release dated December 8, 2010, announcing the appointment of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. | |
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.
| Matrix Service Company | ||||
| Dated: December 8, 2010 | By: | /s/ Kevin S. Cavanah | ||
| Kevin S. Cavanah | ||||
| Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer | ||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99 | Press Release dated December 8, 2010, announcing the appointment of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. | |
Exhibit 99
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MATRIX SERVICE HIRES CFO
TULSA, OK – December 8. 2010 Matrix Service Co. (Nasdaq: MTRX), a leading industrial services company, announced today that Kevin S. Cavanah has been promoted to the position of Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer effective December 6, 2010.
Mr. Cavanah has served the Company as Vice President, Accounting and Financial Reporting since August 2007 and as Controller since April 2003. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Cavanah served as an Accounting Manager for Williams Communications from 2001 to 2003 and as an Accounting Manager for The Williams Companies, Inc. from 1998 to 2001. Prior to joining Williams, Mr. Cavanah served as an Audit Manager for Ernst & Young, LLP. Mr. Cavanah has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Arkansas.
Mr. Michael J. Hall, Chairman of the Matrix Service Company Board of Directors, said, “I have worked with Kevin since he joined the Company in 2003 and he is a proven accounting, financial and business leader. He has extensive experience in financial reporting, internal controls and regulatory compliance. We are fortunate to have such a strong internal candidate to assume this important role.”
About Matrix Service Company
Matrix Service Company provides engineering, construction and repair and maintenance services principally to the petroleum, petrochemical, power, bulk storage terminal, pipeline and industrial gas industries.
The Company is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with regional operating facilities located in California, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington in the U.S. and in Canada.
This release contains forward-looking statements that are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are generally accompanied by words such as “anticipate,” “continues,” “expect,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “believe,” “estimate,” “should” and “will” and words of similar effect that convey future meaning, concerning the Company’s operations, economic performance and management’s best judgment as to what may occur in the future. Future events involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those we currently anticipate. The actual results for the current and future periods and other corporate developments will depend upon a number of economic, competitive and other influences, including those factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” and “Forward Looking Statements” sections and elsewhere in the Company’s reports and filings made from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Many of these risks and uncertainties are beyond the control of the Company, and any one of which, or a combination of which, could materially and adversely affect the results of the Company’s operations and its financial condition. We undertake no obligation to update information contained in this release.
For more information, please contact:
Matrix Service Company
Kevin Cavanah
Vice President and CFO
T: 918-838-8822
E: kcavanah@matrixservice.com