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): July 27, 2011

 

TRIUMPH GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-12235

 

51-0347963

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification
No.)

 

899 Cassatt Road, Suite 210

 

 

Berwyn, Pennsylvania

 

19312

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(610) 251-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

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

 


 

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Item 5.07                                           Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The 2011 annual meeting of stockholders of the Triumph Group, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on July 27, 2011 (the “Annual Meeting”).  The total number of shares represented at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy was 22,858,743 of the 24,518,500 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.

 

The matters that were voted upon at the Annual Meeting, and the number of votes cast for or against/withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, as to such matter, where applicable, are set forth in the table below.  With respect to the election of Paul Bourgon, Elmer L. Doty, Ralph E. Eberhart, Richard C. Gozon, Richard C. Ill, Claude F. Kronk, Adam J. Palmer, Joseph M. Silvestri, and George Simpson as directors for a term ending at the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, each nominee for director received the number of votes set forth opposite his name.

 

Number of Votes

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Withheld

 

Abstentions

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

1.

Election of Directors:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Bourgon

 

21,829,796

 

133,395

 

 

895,552

 

 

 

 

Elmer L. Doty

 

17,223,523

 

4,739,668

 

 

895,552

 

 

 

 

Ralph E. Eberhart

 

21,808,460

 

154,731

 

 

895,552

 

 

 

 

Richard C. Gozon

 

21,001,039

 

962,152

 

 

895,552

 

 

 

 

Richard C. Ill

 

21,172,719

 

790,472

 

 

895,552

 

 

 

 

Claude F. Kronk

 

21,137,757

 

825,434

 

 

895,552

 

 

 

 

Adam J. Palmer

 

19,191,714

 

2,771,477

 

 

895,552

 

 

 

 

Joseph M. Silvestri

 

21,744,937

 

218,251

 

 

895,552

 

 

 

 

George Simpson

 

21,556,822

 

406,369

 

 

895,552

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

2.

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

 

20,831,034

 

1,086,874

 

45,283

 

895,552

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 Years

 

2 Years

 

1 Year

 

Abstentions

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

3.

Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation

 

1,801,729

 

35,703

 

20,101,566

 

24,193

 

895,552

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

4.

Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012

 

22,287,540

 

568,807

 

2,395

 

 

 

 

 

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On the basis of the above votes:  (i) Paul Bourgon, Elmer L. Doty, Ralph E. Eberhart, Richard C. Gozon, Richard C. Ill, Claude F. Kronk, Adam J. Palmer, Joseph M. Silvestri, and George Simpson were each duly elected as directors for a term ending at the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (ii) the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers was approved on an advisory basis; (iii) the option of “1 year” received the most votes cast on the advisory vote on the frequency with which the Company should hold a stockholder vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and (iv) the proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012 was adopted.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: July 29, 2011

 

TRIUMPH GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John B. Wright, II

 

 

John B. Wright, II

 

 

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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