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): May 10, 2012

 

Chemtura Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
 of incorporation)
  1-15339
(Commission file number)
  52-2183153
(IRS employer identification
number)
 

1818 Market Street, Suite 3700, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

199 Benson Road, Middlebury, Connecticut
(Address of principal executive offices)

     

19103

06749
(Zip Code)

             

 

(203) 573-2000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

On May 10, 2012, Chemtura Corporation held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The matters listed below were submitted to a vote of the shareholders through the solicitation of proxies, and the proposals are described in detail in Chemtura’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2012 (the “Proxy Statement”). The results of the shareholder vote are as follows:

 

a.Messrs. Jeffrey D. Benjamin, Timothy J. Bernlohr, Alan S. Cooper, James W. Crownover, Robert A. Dover, Jonathan F. Foster, Craig A. Rogerson, John K. Wulff and Ms. Anna C. Catalano were each elected by the shareholders to a term to expire in 2013 or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

Nominees   For    Withheld    Broker Non-Votes 
Jeffrey D. Benjamin   80,556,121    90,432    9,014,213 
Timothy J. Bernlohr   79,771,476    875,077    9,014,213 
Anna C. Catalano   80,047,864    598,689    9,014,213 
Alan S. Cooper   80,568,549    78,004    9,014,213 
James W. Crownover   79,992,178    654,375    9,014,213 
Robert A. Dover   80,569,407    77,146    9,014,213 
Jonathan F. Foster   80,125,256    521,297    9,014,213 
Craig A. Rogerson   77,899,679    2,746,874    9,014,213 
John K. Wulff   75,539,225    5,107,328    9,014,213 

 

b.The shareholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation paid to Chemtura’s named executive officers disclosed in the Proxy Statement, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and related disclosures.

 

 For    Against    Abstain    Broker Non-Votes 
 77,854,183    1,021,160    1,771,210    9,014,213 

 

c.The shareholders approved the Chemtura Corporation 2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan attached as Appendix B to the Proxy Statement.

 

 For    Against    Abstain    Broker Non-Votes 
 79,233,925    333,439    1,079,189    9,014,213 

 

d.The shareholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as Chemtura’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2012.

 

 For    Against    Abstain   
 89,364,226    253,986    45,554   

 

 

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

  Chemtura Corporation  
    (Registrant)   
       
  By:  /s/ Billie S. Flaherty  
  Name: Billie S. Flaherty   
  Title: SVP, General Counsel & Secretary   

  

Date:May 14, 2012