HOUSTON (dpa-AFX) - Halliburton Co. (HAL) announced that at its annual meeting of stockholders in Houston, Texas, its stockholders elected all eleven nominees to the board of directors and ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as principal independent public accountants for 2012.
The stockholders also approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Halliburton's named executive officers and approved an amendment to Halliburton's Stock and Incentive Plan.
The reelected board members are Alan Bennett, James Boyd, Milton Carroll, Nance Dicciani, Murry Gerber, Malcolm Gillis, Abdallah Jum'ah, David Lesar, Robert Malone, Landis Martin, and Debra Reed.
The company said its board declared a 2012 second quarter dividend of $0.09 a share on the company's common stock payable June 27, 2012, to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 6, 2012.
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