UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 26, 2010
APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| OHIO | 1-2299 | 34-0117420 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
One Applied Plaza, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (216) 426-4000.
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
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| ITEM 5.07. | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS. |
An annual meeting of the shareholders of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. was held on
October 26, 2010. At that meeting, there were 42,418,166 shares of common stock entitled to vote.
The shareholders voted on the matters submitted to the meeting as follows:
| 1. | Election of three persons to be directors of Class II for a term of three years: |
| Shares as to Which | ||||||||||||
| Shares Voted for | Voting Authority | Broker | ||||||||||
| Name | Election | Withheld | Non-Votes | |||||||||
William G. Bares |
37,147,355 | 548,543 | 2,467,087 | |||||||||
L. Thomas Hiltz |
37,174,272 | 521,626 | 2,467,087 | |||||||||
Edith Kelly-Green |
37,252,717 | 443,181 | 2,467,087 | |||||||||
| The terms of the Class I directors, including Thomas A. Commes, Peter A. Dorsman, J. Michael Moore, and Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton, and the Class III directors, including John F. Meier, David L. Pugh, and Peter C. Wallace, continued after the meeting. | |||
| 2. | Ratification of the Audit Committee’s appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditors for Applied Industrial technologies, Inc. for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011. |
| Shares Voted for | Shares Voted against | Shares Abstained from | ||
| Ratification | Ratification | Voting | ||
39,157,444
|
976,716 | 28,825 |
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, thereunto duly authorized.
| APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Registrant) |
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| By: | /s/ Fred D. Bauer | |||
| Fred D. Bauer | ||||
| Vice President-General Counsel & Secretary | ||||
Date: October 27, 2010