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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


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  April 30, 2018

VSE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
0-3676
(Commission File Number)
 
54-0649263
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
 
6348 Walker Lane
 
 
Alexandria, VA
 
22,310
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 

(703) 960-4600
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
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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).
 
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VSE CORPORATION
 
Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officer; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officer.
 
 
On April 30, 2018, the Company announced that Calvin S. Koonce was elected Chairman of the Board prior to the Meeting of Annual Stockholders following the passing of our Chairman, Clifford M. Kendall, in March. Mr. Koonce has been a Board member for 26 years.

Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
 
The 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of VSE Corporation (the "Company") was held on April 30, 2018. At the annual meeting, the holders of 7,929,345 shares of the Company's common stock, which represents approximately 72.87% of the 10,881,106 outstanding shares entitled to vote as of the record date of March 19, 2018, were represented in person or by proxy. The three proposals voted on by the stockholders are described in more detail in the Company's definitive proxy statement dated April 3, 2018 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2018.
 
Set forth below are the final voting results on the four proposals that were voted on by the stockholders at the annual meeting.
 
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors
 
With respect to the vote on the election of nine directors, each for a term of one year, to expire at the Company's 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, the "for" votes received by each director represented a minimum of approximately 95.6% of the total number of shares that were either voted at the meeting or for which the authority to vote for the proposed nominee was withheld. The final voting results were as follows:
Director
Votes Cast For
 
Votes Withheld
 
Ralph E. Eberhart
7,797,169
 
132,176
 
Mark E. Ferguson III
7,816,129
 
113,216
 
Maurice A. Gauthier
7,833,910
 
95,435
 
Calvin S. Koonce
7,765,468
 
163,877
 
James F. Lafond
7,576,592
 
352,753
 
John E. Potter
7,833,784
 
95,561
 
Jack C. Stultz
7,761,878
 
167,467
 
Bonnie K. Wachtel
7,759,284
 
170,061
 
 
Proposal 2 - Approval of the Company's Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Plan.

With respect to the vote to approve the Company's Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Plan, the "for" votes received represented approximately 98.6% of the shares present at the meeting, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote. The final voting results were as follows:
For
 
Against
 
Abstentions
 
7,816,808
 
95,192
 
17,345
 





Proposal 3 - Non-Binding Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Advisory Votes to Approve the Company's Executive Compensation.
 
With respect to the non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of advisory votes to approve the Company's executive compensation, the option of "one year" received 92.3% of the votes cast and is considered to be the option recommended by the stockholders. The number of votes received for the options of one, two or three years, and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, were as follows:
Votes For
1 Year Option
 
Votes For
2 Year Option
 
Votes For
3 Year Option
 
Abstentions
7,316,031
 
17,216
 
562,317
 
33,781






SIGNATURES
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
VSE CORPORATION
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
Date: 
May 3, 2018
/s/ Thomas M. Kiernan
 
 
Thomas M. Kiernan
 
 
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary