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): January 19, 2011

 

Commission File Number: 1-9852

 

CHASE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Massachusetts

 

11-1797126

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation of
organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

26 Summer Street, Bridgewater, Massachusetts 02324

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

 

(508) 279-1789

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            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 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Chase Corporation (the “Company”) was held on January 19, 2011.  The following proposals were voted on at the 2011 Annual Meeting.  Each proposal is more fully described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2011 Annual Meeting, as filed with the SEC on December 23, 2010.

 

Proposal 1 — For the election of nominees for the Board of Directors.  The eight nominees named in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement were elected as Directors, to serve until the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, with the following votes:

 

Name of Director

 

In Favor

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

Adam P. Chase

 

5,708,052

 

715,625

 

1,763,443

Peter R. Chase

 

5,705,610

 

718,067

 

1,763,443

Mary Claire Chase

 

5,691,572

 

732,105

 

1,763,443

J. Brooks Fenno

 

5,997,950

 

425,727

 

1,763,443

Lewis P. Gack

 

6,251,348

 

172,329

 

1,763,443

George M. Hughes

 

5,547,552

 

876,125

 

1,763,443

Ronald Levy

 

6,244,916

 

178,761

 

1,763,443

Thomas Wroe, Jr.

 

6,251,348

 

172,329

 

1,763,443

 

Proposal 2 — For the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2011.  The proposal passed with the following votes:

 

In Favor

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

8,131,614

 

43,689

 

11,817

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

 

Chase Corporation

 

 

Dated: January 24, 2011

By:

/s/ Kenneth L. Dumas

 

 

Kenneth L. Dumas

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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