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 7, 2010 (May 6,
2010)
Duff & Phelps
Corporation
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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Delaware
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001-33693
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20-8893559
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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55
East 52nd Street, New York, New York
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10055
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code (212)
871-2000
N/A
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(Former
name or former address, if changed since last
report.)
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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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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Pre-commencement
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Item
5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Duff
& Phelps Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders
on May 6, 2010. Holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common
Stock voted together as a single class on all matters presented at the
meeting. Set forth below is a brief description of each matter voted
upon at the meeting and the voting results with respect to each
matter.
1.
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A
proposal to elect eight (8) directors to serve until the next annual
meeting of stockholders.
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Nominee
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For
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Withheld
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Broker
Non-Votes
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|||||||||
Noah
Gottdiener
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34,181,950 | 876,295 | - | |||||||||
Robert
M. Belke
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33,489,823 | 1,568,422 | - | |||||||||
Peter
W. Calamari
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34,877,527 | 180,718 | - | |||||||||
William
R. Carapezzi
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34,877,557 | 180,688 | - | |||||||||
William
J. Hannigan
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33,677,549 | 1,380,696 | - | |||||||||
Harvey
M. Krueger
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29,641,188 | 5,417,057 | - | |||||||||
Sander
M. Levy
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33,435,203 | 1,623,042 | - | |||||||||
Jeffrey
D. Lovell
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34,877,052 | 181,193 | - | |||||||||
Total:
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- | - | 958,119 |
2.
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A
proposal to approve amendments to the Company’s 2007 Omnibus Stock
Incentive Plan.
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Voted For
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Voted Against
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Abstentions
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Broker
Non-Votes
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21,423,958 | 13,619,823 | 14,464 | 958,119 |
3.
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A
proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s
independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2010.
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Voted For
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Voted Against
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Abstentions
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35,844,685 | 141,815 | 29,864 |
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.
DUFF & PHELPS CORPORATION | |||
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By:
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/s/ Edward S. Forman | |
Name: Edward S. Forman | |||
Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||
Dated:
May 7,
2010