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): December 20, 2016

 

  

HENNESSY CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP. II

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

 

Delaware		001-37509		47-3913221
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission  File Number)		(IRS Employer  Identification No.)

 

700 Louisiana Street, Suite 900 Houston, Texas		77002
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (713) 300-8242

 

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.

 

On December 20, 2016, Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. II (the “Company”) held its 2016 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Meeting”). At the Meeting, stockholders (i) re-elected three directors to serve as Class I directors on the Company’s board of directors (“Board”) until the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified and (ii) ratified the selection by the Board of Withum Smith+Brown, PC (“Withum”) to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016.

 

Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals:

 

Proposal No. 1 – Election of directors

 

Peter Shea, Richard Burns and Thomas J. Sullivan were re-elected to serve as Class I directors. The voting results were as follows:

 

Name		For				Withheld				Broker Non-Votes
Peter Shea			13,658,199				2,973,533				2,483,709
Richard Burns			13,658,199				2,973,533				2,483,709
Thomas J. Sullivan			13,658,199				2,973,533				2,483,709

 

Proposal No. 2 – Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm

 

The stockholders ratified the selection of Withum to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016. The voting results were as follows:

 

For				Against				Abstain
	19,115,442				0				0

 

  

SIGNATURE

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.

Dated: December 20, 2016	HENNESSY CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP. II
	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Hennessy
	Name:	Daniel J. Hennessy
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer