UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
May 24, 2011
DATE OF REPORT
(Date of Earliest Event Reported)
DATE OF REPORT
(Date of Earliest Event Reported)
RAVEN INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| South Dakota | 001-07982 | 46-0246171 | ||
| (State of incorporation) | (Commission File No.) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
205 East 6th Street, P.O. Box 5107, Sioux Falls, SD 57117-5107
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Address of principal executive offices)
(605) 336-2750
(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Raven Industries, Inc. held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 24, 2011. Set forth below
are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the shareholders:
| Votes | Broker | |||||||||||||
| Votes For | Against/Withheld | Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
1. |
Election of Directors | |||||||||||||
| Anthony W. Bour | 12,362,434.904 | 2,623,026.527 | 2,163,075 | |||||||||||
| Thomas S. Everist | 14,931,318.904 | 54,142.527 | 2,163,075 | |||||||||||
| Mark E. Griffin | 14,930,745.904 | 54,715.527 | 2,163,075 | |||||||||||
| Kevin T. Kirby | 14,732,332.036 | 253,129.395 | 2,163,075 | |||||||||||
| Marc E. LeBaron | 14,946,344.952 | 39,116.479 | 2,163,075 | |||||||||||
| Cynthia H. Milligan | 14,735,365.073 | 250,096.358 | 2,163,075 | |||||||||||
| Daniel A. Rykhus | 14,932,775.523 | 52,685,908 | 2,163,075 | |||||||||||
| Votes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Votes For | Against/Withheld | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||
2.
|
Approval in a non-binding advisory vote the compensation of our executive officers disclosed in the proxy statement. | 14,011,170.362 | 143,776.774 | 830,514.295 | 2,163,075 | |||||||||||||
| One Year | Two Years | Three Years | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||||||||
3.
|
To approve, by a non-binding advisory vote, the preferred frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation. | 12,352,308.918 | 324,146.302 | 1,462,546.485 | 846,459.726 | 2,163,075 | ||||||||||||||||
| Votes | ||||||||||||||
| Votes For | Against/Withheld | Abstentions | ||||||||||||
4.
|
Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. | 17,070,583.578 | 59,063.793 | 18,889.060 | ||||||||||
Based upon the submission of proxies and ballots by the required votes all directors/nominees have
been elected, the executive compensation has been approved, the shareholders approved the preferred
annual frequency of compensation advisory votes and PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP has been ratified
as the company’s accounting firm.
Each proposal was approved by the Company’s stockholders by the required vote.
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.
| RAVEN INDUSTRIES, INC. |
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| /s/ Thomas Iacarella | ||||
| Thomas Iacarella | ||||
| Vice President and CFO, Secretary and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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Date: May 26, 2011