McDermott Announces Results of Shareholders’ Meeting and New Board Members
09 May 2009 - 7:19AM
Business Wire
McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE: MDR) (�McDermott� or the
�Company�) announced today the results of its 2009 annual meeting
of stockholders, held this morning in Houston, Texas, as well as
additions and departures to the composition of its Board of
Directors.
The Company�s nominees for election as Class I Directors to
serve a one-year term were Roger A. Brown, John A. Fees, and Oliver
D. Kingsley, Jr., and nominees for Class II Directors to serve a
one-year term were D. Bradley McWilliams, Richard W. Mies, and
Thomas C. Schievelbein. Each of these existing Board members
received a minimum affirmative vote of approximately 91 percent of
the votes cast by stockholders. In addition, all other proposals
submitted were approved, including the ratification of Deloitte
& Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting
firm for the year ending December 31, 2009.
As previously disclosed and effective today, Robert L. Howard
has retired from McDermott�s Board of Directors after 12 years of
service to the Company, pursuant to the requirements of the
Company�s by-laws. John A. Fees, McDermott�s Chief Executive
Officer, commenting on the departure said, �On behalf of the Board
of Directors, our shareholders and the management team, I want to
express our deep gratitude to Bob for his dedicated service to
McDermott. His leadership and insight have been sincerely
appreciated and his many contributions will be greatly missed.�
Also today, McDermott announced it appointed two new members to
its Board of Directors. The new Board members are David A. Trice,
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Newfield Exploration Company
and Stephen G. Hanks, former President and Chief Executive Officer
of Washington Group International, Inc. Commenting on the Company�s
new Directors, Fees added, �McDermott and our shareholders are very
fortunate to have these leaders join our Board of Directors. I
welcome each of them and look forward to working together in the
years ahead.�
McDermott is an engineering and construction company, with
specialty manufacturing and service capabilities, focused on energy
infrastructure. McDermott�s customers are predominantly utilities
and other power generators, major and national oil companies, and
the United States Government. With its global operations, McDermott
operates in over 20 countries with more than 20,000 employees, and
can be found on the internet at www.mcdermott.com.
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