UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 or 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of June, 2019
001-35878
(Commission File Number)
Intelsat S.A.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
4 rue Albert Borschette
Luxembourg
Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
L-1246
(Address of principal executive offices)
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On June 13, 2019, Intelsat S.A. (the “Company”) held its 2019 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “AGM”) and an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (the “EGM”) in Luxembourg.
Each of the eight proposals listed below were approved at the AGM by an affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes validly cast by common shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting:
| 1. | Approval of the Company’s statutory stand-alone financial statements for the year ended on December 31, 2018 (containing 2017 and 2018 financial information); |
| 2. | Approval of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended on December 31, 2018 (containing 2017 and 2018 financial information); |
| 3. | Approval of the allocation of the Company’s annual results for the year ended December 31, 2018; |
| 4. | Approval of discharge (quitus) to the directors of the Company for the proper performance of their duties for the year ended December 31, 2018; |
| 5. | Re-election of the following two Class III directors: (a) John Diercksen and (b) Edward Kangas, each for a term ending at the general meeting of shareholders of the Company approving the statutory financial statements for the accounting year ending on December 31, 2021; |
| 6. | Approval of the directors’ remuneration for the year 2019; |
| 7. | Approval of re-appointment of KPMG LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and of KPMG Luxembourg, S.C. as approved statutory auditor (réviseurs d’entreprises agréés) of the Company; and |
| 8. | Renewal for a further five year period (ending on June 13, 2024) of the authorization to the Company to purchase, acquire, receive or hold shares of any class in the Company within certain limits and subject to certain price parameters. |
The following proposal was approved at the EGM by a two-thirds majority of the votes validly cast by common shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, representing at least half of the issued share capital:
| 1. | Approval of the five-year extension of the validity period of the authorized share capital and waiver of shareholder pre-emptive rights, and related amendment to the articles of incorporation. |
For more information about the proposals, please see Intelsat S.A.’s 2019 Proxy Statement, available on the Company’s website at www.intelsat.com/investors.
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.
| INTELSAT S.A. | ||||||
| Date: June 14, 2019 | By: | /s/ Michelle Bryan | ||||
| Name: | Michelle Bryan | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary | |||||