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): December 16, 2011

 

TGC INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Texas

 

0-14908

 

74-2095844

(State of incorporation)

 

(Commission File No.)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

101 East Park Blvd., Suite 955

Plano, TX  75074

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (972) 881-1099

 


 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

The annual meeting of shareholders of TGC Industries, Inc. (“TGC” or the “Company”) was held on December 16, 2011, at the Company’s principal executive offices in Plano, Texas, at which the following matters were submitted for a vote to TGC’s shareholders:

 

(1)           To elect six director nominees to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and have qualified.  All nominees were elected as directors with the following vote:

 

Nominee

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wayne A. Whitener

 

9,835,233

 

2,499,927

 

2,312,257

 

William J. Barrett

 

8,710,407

 

3,624,753

 

2,312,257

 

Herbert M. Gardner

 

8,613,506

 

3,721,654

 

2,312,257

 

Allen T. McInnes

 

8,626,739

 

3,708,421

 

2,312,257

 

Edward L. Flynn

 

11,986,240

 

348,920

 

2,312,257

 

Stephanie P. Hurtt

 

11,982,519

 

352,641

 

2,312,257

 

 

(2)           To ratify the selection of Lane Gorman Trubitt, L.L.P. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.  This proposal was approved with the following vote:

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,076,871

 

551,209

 

19,337

 

 

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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.

 

 

TGC INDUSTRIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: December 22, 2011

By:

/s/ Wayne A. Whitener

 

 

Wayne A. Whitener

 

 

President and CEO

 

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