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):  June 7, 2017

Era Group Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
 
1-35701
 
72-1455213
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

818 Town & Country Blvd., Suite 200 Houston, Texas
 
77024
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
 
(713) 369-4700

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
At the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Era Group Inc. (the “Company”) held on June 7, 2017, stockholders voted on proposals to (i) elect directors to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company, (ii) approve Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s 2013 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) and (iii) ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm.
All nominees for election to the Board were elected for a term that will continue until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until the director’s successor has been duly elected and qualified (or the director’s earlier resignation, death or removal). The stockholders’ vote also approved Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s ESPP and ratified the appointment of the Company’s independent registered accounting firm.
The number of votes cast for, withheld or against and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each proposal, as applicable, is set forth below. The Company’s independent inspector of election reported the final vote of the stockholders as follows:

Election of Directors
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Director Name
 
Votes For
 
Votes Withheld
 
Broker Non-votes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charles Fabrikant
 
17,455,465

 
455,178

 
1,130,373

Christopher S. Bradshaw
 
17,850,920

 
59,723

 
1,130,373

Ann Fairbanks
 
17,848,687

 
61,956

 
1,130,373

Blaine Fogg
 
17,848,112

 
62,531

 
1,130,373

Christopher P. Papouras
 
17,850,920

 
59,723

 
1,130,373

Yueping Sun
 
17,850,920

 
59,723

 
1,130,373

Steven Webster
 
17,721,087

 
189,556

 
1,130,373

Approval of Amendment No. 1 to the ESPP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-votes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17,882,696

 
22,539

 
5,408

 
1,130,373

Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Accounting Firm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-votes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19,032,445

 
6,925

 
1,646

 












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.

 
 
Era Group Inc.
 
 
 
 
Date: June 7, 2017
 
By:
/s/ Christopher S. Bradshaw
 
 
 
 
 
 
Name:
Christopher S. Bradshaw
 
 
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer