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): April 28, 2010

 

 

THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

New York   1-1023   13-1026995

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 512-2564

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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))

 

 

 


Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on April 28, 2010. The following is a summary of the voting results for each matter presented to shareholders at the Annual Meeting.

Proposal 1: Election of Directors

The Company’s shareholders elected the four persons nominated as Directors of the Company as set forth below:

 

Nominees

   For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes

Pedro Aspe

   240,427,815      7,460,713      514,308      18,050,759

Robert P. McGraw

   238,547,484      7,854,752      2,000,600      18,050,759

Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg

   235,612,442      10,820,313      1,970,081      18,050,759

Edward B. Rust Jr.

   222,776,682      25,188,461      437,693      18,050,759

Proposals 2a and 2b: The Company’s shareholders approved amendments to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation as set forth below to:

Proposal 2a. Declassify the Board of Directors

 

          For          

  

    Against    

  

    Abstain    

  

Broker Non-Votes

264,445,660

   1,290,977    716,957    0

Proposal 2b. Eliminate related supermajority voting provisions

          For          

  

    Against    

  

    Abstain    

  

Broker Non-Votes

264,317,747

   1,475,439    660,408    0

Proposals 3a through 3d: The Company’s shareholders approved amendments to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate supermajority voting for the following actions as set forth below:

 

Proposal 3a. Merger or Consolidation

          For          

  

    Against    

  

    Abstain    

  

Broker Non-Votes

264,238,958

   1,628,101    586,535    0


Proposal 3b. Sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets outside the ordinary course of business

          For          

  

    Against    

  

    Abstain    

  

Broker Non-Votes

264,284,131

   1,579,616    589,847    0

Proposal 3c. Plan for the exchange of shares

          For          

  

    Against    

  

    Abstain    

  

Broker Non-Votes

264,202,910

  

1,617,908

  

632,776

  

0

Proposal 3d. Authorization of dissolution

          For          

  

    Against    

  

    Abstain    

  

Broker Non-Votes

264,121,628

   1,713,567    618,399    0

Proposal 4. The Company’s shareholders approved amendments to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the “Fair Price” provision as set forth below:

 

          For          

  

    Against    

  

    Abstain    

  

Broker Non-Votes

254,243,304

   11,417,829    792,462    0
Proposal 5. The Company’s shareholders approved the Company’s Amended and Restated 2002 Stock Incentive Plan as set forth below:

          For          

  

    Against    

  

    Abstain    

  

Broker Non-Votes

179,004,094

   68,301,606    1,097,135    18,050,759

Proposal 6. The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company and its subsidiaries for 2010 as set forth below:

 

          For          

  

    Against    

  

    Abstain    

  

Broker Non-Votes

259,756,937

   6,055,013    641,644    0

 

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Proposal 7. The Company’s shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal requesting special shareholder meetings as set forth below:

 

          For          

  

    Against    

  

    Abstain    

  

Broker Non-Vote

111,294,666

   136,222,511   

885,658

  

18,050,759

Proposal 8. The Company’s shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal requesting shareholder action by written consent as set forth below:

 

          For          

  

    Against    

  

    Abstain    

  

Broker Non-Vote

119,094,320

   128,179,843   

1,128,673

  

18,050,759

 

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this Form 8-K Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

THE McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC.

 

    

/s/ Kenneth Vittor

 

By:

   Kenneth Vittor
     Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Dated: April 30, 2010

 

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