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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): May 15, 2020
 

 
Cable One, Inc.
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 

 
Delaware
001-36863
13-3060083
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
210 E. Earll Drive, Phoenix, Arizona
85012
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
   
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (602) 364-6000 
 

 
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:
 
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of Each Class
 
Trading Symbol(s)
 
Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01
 
CABO
 
New York Stock Exchange
 
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). 
 
Emerging growth company 
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 
 

 
Item 5.03     Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
 
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On May 15, 2020, Cable One, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), at which the Company’s stockholders, upon the unanimous recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), approved a proposal to amend and restate the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Restated Certificate”) to declassify the Board over a three-year period such that directors elected beginning at the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and at each subsequent annual meeting will be elected to one-year terms, and the Board will be fully declassified following the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. In accordance with the proposal, the Restated Certificate also provides that directors may be removed with or without cause, except that a director elected to a class of directors serving the remainder of a three-year term is removable only for cause.
 
On May 18, 2020, the Restated Certificate was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and it became effective on such date.
 
This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Restated Certificate, attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 5.07     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
The following is a summary of the final voting results for each matter presented to stockholders at the Annual Meeting held on May 15, 2020.
 
Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors
 
The Company’s stockholders elected the three director nominees, each to hold office until the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her respective successor is elected and qualified, as set forth below:
 
 
 
For
 
 
Against
 
 
Abstain
 
 
Broker
Non-Votes
 
Mary E. Meduski
 
4,704,220
   
4,440
   
1,404
   
336,648
 
Alan G. Spoon
 
4,314,219
   
394,375
   
1,470
   
336,648
 
Wallace R. Weitz
 
3,621,282
   
1,087,227
   
1,555
   
336,648
 
 
Proposal No. 2: Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2020, as set forth below:
 
 
 
For
 
 
Against
 
 
Abstain
 
 
Broker
Non-Votes
 
 
 
5,044,820
   
457
   
1,435
 
 
N/A
 
 
Proposal No. 3: Advisory Vote to Approve Compensation of Named Executive Officers for 2019
 
The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for 2019, as set forth below:
 
 
 
For
 
 
Against
 
 
Abstain
 
 
Broker
Non-Votes
 
 
 
4,649,475
   
54,810
   
5,779
   
336,648
 
 
 

 
Proposal No. 4: Approval of Restated Certificate
 
The Company’s stockholders approved the Restated Certificate to declassify the Board over a three-year period and provide for the annual election of directors, as set forth below:
 
 
 
For
 
 
Against
 
 
Abstain
 
 
Broker
Non-Votes
 
 
 
4,706,867
   
2,414
   
783
   
336,648
 
 
Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
  
Exhibit
 
 
Description
 
 
 
3.1
 
104
 
The cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.
 
 

 
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.
 
 
 
Cable One, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Peter N. Witty
 
 
 
Name:
Peter N. Witty
 
 
 
Title:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
 
 
 
Date: May 18, 2020
 
 
 
 
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Exhibit 3.1

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

CABLE ONE, INC.

 

Cable One, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), does hereby certify as follows:

 

1. The name of the corporation is Cable One, Inc. The original Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 14, 1980 (as amended), and it was amended and restated by an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 30, 2015 and effective as of July 1, 2015 (the “Prior Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”). The name under which the corporation was originally incorporated is Capital Cities Cable of Delaware, Inc.

 

2. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which restates and further amends the Prior Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, has been duly adopted in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the DGCL.

 

3. The Prior Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the Corporation is Cable One, Inc.

 

ARTICLE II

 

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

ARTICLE III

 

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

SECTION 1. The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 44,000,000 shares, consisting of (1) 4,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Preferred Stock”), and (2) 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”). The number of authorized shares of either the Preferred Stock or the Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto), and no vote of the holders of either the Preferred Stock or the Common Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor.

 

SECTION 2. The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) is hereby expressly authorized, by resolution or resolutions, to provide, out of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock, for series of Preferred Stock and, with respect to each such series, to fix the number of shares constituting such series and the designation of such series, the voting powers (if any) of the shares of such series, and the preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series. The powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each series of Preferred Stock, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding.

 

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SECTION 3. (a) Each holder of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held of record by such holder on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote; provided, however, that, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any Certificate of Designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any Certificate of Designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL.

 

(b) Except as otherwise required by law, holders of a series of Preferred Stock, as such, shall be entitled only to such voting rights, if any, as shall expressly be granted to such holders by this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any Certificate of Designation relating to such series).

 

(c) Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, dividends may be declared and paid on the Common Stock at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors in its discretion shall determine.

 

(d) Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, the holders of the Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to receive the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares held by them.

 

ARTICLE V

 

SECTION 1. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise fixed pursuant to the terms of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any Certificate of Designation relating to such series of Preferred Stock), the number of the directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock voting separately pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any Certificate of Designation relating to such series of Preferred Stock), shall be elected by the stockholders entitled to vote thereon at each annual meeting of the stockholders. The directors of the Corporation shall be divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except for the terms of such additional directors, if any, as elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, (a) the term of office of the Class III directors elected at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders shall expire at the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, the term of office of the Class I directors elected at the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders shall expire at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, and the term of office of the Class II directors elected at the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders shall expire at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders; and (b) at each annual meeting of stockholders commencing in 2021, each director elected by stockholders shall serve for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders next following his or her election and shall remain in office until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified. Effective as of the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors will no longer be classified under Section 141(d) of the DGCL. In no case will a decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shorten the term of any incumbent director. The election of directors need not be by written ballot.

 

SECTION 2. Advance notice of nominations for the election of directors shall be given in the manner and to the extent provided in the By-laws of the Corporation.

 

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SECTION 3. (a) Except as otherwise provided for or fixed by or pursuant to the provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation relating to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock (including any Certificate of Designation relating to such series of Preferred Stock), newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors and any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, removal or other cause shall only be filled by the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a sole remaining director, or if not so filled, by the stockholders at the next annual meeting thereof. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence of this Section 3 shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of the class such director is elected to, or, following the termination of the classification of the Board of Directors, directors so elected shall serve for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders, and in all cases, subject to the election and qualification of a successor and to such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding with respect to any directors elected by the holders of such series, (i) any director serving in a class of directors elected for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders following the election of such class shall be removable only for cause, and all other directors shall be removable either with or without cause, and (ii) the removal of any director, whether with or without cause, shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote thereon.

 

(b) Whenever holders of outstanding shares of one or more series of Preferred Stock voting separately are entitled to elect directors of the Corporation pursuant to the provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any Certificate of Designation relating to such series of Preferred Stock), any such director of the Corporation so elected may be removed in accordance with this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including such Certificate of Designation).

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders. Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the entire Board of Directors or as otherwise provided in the By-laws of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

SECTION 1. To the extent deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board of Directors to enable the Corporation to engage in any business or activity directly or indirectly conducted by it in compliance with the laws of the United States as now in effect or as they may hereafter from time to time be amended, the Corporation may adopt such By-laws as may be necessary or advisable to comply with the provisions and avoid the prohibitions of any such law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such By-laws may restrict or prohibit the transfer of shares of stock of the Corporation to, and the voting of such stock by, aliens or their representatives, or corporations organized under the laws of any foreign country or their representatives, or corporations directly or indirectly controlled by aliens or by any such corporation or representative.

 

SECTION 2. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by law, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, repeal, alter or amend the By-laws of the Corporation by the vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors or such greater vote as shall be specified in the By-laws of the Corporation. In addition to any requirements of law and any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by law), the affirmative vote of the holders of 66 2/3% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding shares of all classes and series of capital stock of the Corporation entitled generally to vote in the election of directors of the Corporation, voting together as a single class, shall be required for stockholders to adopt, amend, alter or repeal any provision of the By-laws of the Corporation.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter or repeal any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are subject to this reservation.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

SECTION 1. To the fullest extent that the DGCL or any other law of the State of Delaware as it exists or as it may hereafter be amended permits the limitation or elimination of the liability of directors, no director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.

 

SECTION 2. To the fullest extent that the DGCL or any other law of the State of Delaware as it exists or as it may hereafter be amended permits, the Corporation may provide indemnification of (and advancement of expenses to) its current and former directors, officers and agents (and any other persons to which the DGCL permits the Corporation to provide indemnification) through By-law provisions, agreements with such agents or other persons, votes of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

SECTION 3. No amendment to or repeal of any Section of this Article IX, nor the adoption of any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article IX, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article IX in respect of any matter occurring, or any action or proceeding accruing or arising, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

 

ARTICLE X

 

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the stockholders, (c) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto) or (d) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall be the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction, any other state or federal court located within the State of Delaware. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article X.

 

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In witness whereof, the undersigned has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by its duly authorized officer on this 18th day of May, 2020.

 

 

 

 

Cable One, Inc. 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Peter N. Witty

 

 

 

Name:     Peter N. Witty

Title:       Senior Vice President, General Counsel

 and Secretary

 

 

 

 
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Document And Entity Information
May 15, 2020
Document Information [Line Items]  
Entity, Registrant Name Cable One, Inc.
Document, Type 8-K
Document, Period End Date May 15, 2020
Entity, Incorporation, State or Country Code DE
Entity, File Number 001-36863
Entity, Tax Identification Number 13-3060083
Entity, Address, Address Line One 210 E. Earll Drive
Entity, Address, City or Town Phoenix
Entity, Address, State or Province AZ
Entity, Address, Postal Zip Code 85012
City Area Code 602
Local Phone Number 364-6000
Written Communications false
Soliciting Material false
Pre-commencement Tender Offer false
Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer false
Title of 12(b) Security Common Stock
Trading Symbol CABO
Security Exchange Name NYSE
Entity, Emerging Growth Company false
Current Fiscal Year End Date --12-31
Amendment Flag false
Entity, Central Index Key 0001632127