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 27, 2011

 

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-815

 

51-0014090

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Of Incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

1007 Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware  19898

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (302) 774-1000

 

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 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

At the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 27, 2011, stockholders approved the E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Equity and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective March 2, 2011 (“Amended Plan”). On March 2, 2011, the Board of Directors adopted the Amended Plan, subject to stockholder approval. The Amended Plan reflects the following changes:

 

· The number of shares available for issuance is increased by 50 million, of which ten million shares may be issued in connection with “Full-Value Awards” (awards other than stock options or stock appreciation rights) on a one-for-one basis;

 

· The rate at which Full-Value Awards issued in excess of prescribed limits are counted against the overall share limit is increased from 4:1 to 4.5:1;

 

· The immediate acceleration of vesting upon a change in control is limited to situations where the Company is not the surviving entity and the surviving entity does not assume or otherwise provide for continuation of the awards; and

 

· The maximum term for stock options is increased from seven years to ten years.

 

 

Stockholder approval of the Amended Plan also constituted re-approval of the material terms of the performance goals on which awards intended to be “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 may be based.

 

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Company’s 2011 Proxy Statement (including the Amended Plan attached thereto as Appendix B) which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2011 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

DuPont’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on April 27, 2011. A total of 759,706,972 shares of common stock was voted in person or by proxy, representing 82.01 percent of the shares entitled to be voted. The following are the final voting results on proposals considered and voted upon at the meeting, all of which are described in the company’s 2011 Proxy Statement.

 

1.     Election of Directors. The 10 nominees listed below were elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the ensuing year.

 

Director

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

R. H. Brown

 

605,575,706

 

6,193,867

 

1,427,406

 

146,509,993

 

R. A. Brown

 

609,028,538

 

2,741,880

 

1,426,561

 

146,509,993

 

B. P. Collomb

 

609,302,842

 

2,415,540

 

1,478,597

 

146,509,993

 

C. J. Crawford

 

597,366,498

 

14,320,276

 

1,510,205

 

146,509,993

 

A. M. Cutler

 

598,179,539

 

13,256,986

 

1,760,454

 

146,509,993

 

E. I. du Pont

 

607,174,199

 

4,630,279

 

1,392,501

 

146,509,993

 

M. A. Hewson

 

609,511,466

 

2,318,780

 

1,366,733

 

146,509,993

 

L. D. Juliber

 

602,955,941

 

8,819,280

 

1,421,758

 

146,509,993

 

E. J. Kullman

 

599,214,473

 

12,564,344

 

1,418,162

 

146,509,993

 

W. K. Reilly

 

600,882,989

 

10,860,511

 

1,453,479

 

146,509,993

 

 

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2.     Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

For

 

747,812,847

 

Against

 

9,942,496

 

Abstentions

 

1,951,629

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

0

 

 

The foregoing proposal was approved.

 

3.     Management Proposal on Amended Equity and Incentive Plan.

 

For

 

535,734,721

 

Against

 

74,625,321

 

Abstentions

 

2,836,937

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

146,509,993

 

 

The foregoing proposal was approved.

 

4.     Management Proposal to approve, by advisory vote, executive compensation.

 

For

 

596,491,936

 

Against

 

13,408,677

 

Abstentions

 

3,296,366

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

146,509,993

 

 

The foregoing proposal was approved.

 

5.     Management Proposal to recommend, by advisory vote, the frequency of executive compensation votes.

 

One Year

 

492,959,275

 

Two Years

 

12,683,015

 

Three Years

 

104,992,071

 

Abstentions

 

2,562,618

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

146,509,993

 

 

Consistent with the Board’s recommendation, an annual vote was recommended by stockholders.  For that reason, the Company will hold annual executive compensation votes until the next required vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on executive compensation.

 

6.     Stockholder proposal requesting the Board of Directors to amend the Company’s bylaws to give holders of 10% of its outstanding common stock the power to call a special shareowner meeting.

 

For

 

239,532,364

 

Against

 

369,715,682

 

Abstentions

 

3,948,933

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

146,509,993

 

 

The foregoing proposal was not approved.

 

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7.     Stockholder proposal requesting the Board of Directors review and report on the Company’s internal controls related to potential adverse impacts associated with genetically modified organisms.

 

For

 

31,284,719

 

Against

 

463,437,717

 

Abstentions

 

118,474,543

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

146,509,993

 

 

The foregoing proposal was not approved.

 

8.     Stockholder proposal requesting the Board of Directors prepare a report that reviewing the compensation packages provided to senior executives of the Company.

 

For

 

34,130,411

 

Against

 

553,515,188

 

Abstentions

 

25,551,380

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

146,509,993

 

 

The foregoing proposal was not approved.

 

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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.

 

 

 

E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Barry J. Niziolek

 

Barry J. Niziolek

 

Vice President and Controller

 

 

May 3, 2011

 

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