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 14, 2014
 
ACTUANT CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Wisconsin
 
1-11288
 
39-0168610
(State of jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)


 
N86 W12500 WESTBROOK CROSSING
MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN 53051
 
 
Mailing address: P.O. Box 3241, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201
 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
 

 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (262) 293-1500
 
 
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.
 
 
The Annual Meeting of the Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Actuant Corporation (the “Company”) was held January 14, 2014.  At the annual meeting, shareholders elected the following directors, to serve until the Company’s next annual meeting and until their successors are elected and qualified:
 

 
Shares Voted in Favor of
 
Shares Withholding Authority
 
Broker Non-Votes
Robert C. Arzbaecher
65,307,201
 
1,598,116
 
2,104,247
Gurminder S. Bedi
66,165,556
 
739,762
 
2,104,247
Thomas J. Fischer
65,343,250
 
1,562,067
 
2,104,247
Mark E. Goldstein
65,887,357
 
1,017,961
 
2,104,247
William K. Hall
65,411,148
 
1,494,169
 
2,104,247
R. Alan Hunter, Jr.
66,167,254
 
738,063
 
2,104,247
Robert A. Peterson
65,411,135
 
1,494,182
 
2,104,247
Holly A. Van Deursen
66,054,717
 
850,600
 
2,104,247
Dennis  K. Williams
66,169,203
 
736,114
 
2,104,247

 
The following reflects voting for matters other than the election of directors brought for vote at the Annual Meeting.
 
 
Shares Voted in Favor of
 
Shares Voted Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers
65,807,265
 
771,007
 
327,045
 
2,104,247
Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditor
66,942,497
 
1,743,764
 
323,303
 
0
 

 

 

 
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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.


   
ACTUANT CORPORATION
   
    (Registrant)
 
 
Date:  January 21, 2014
By:
/s/ Andrew G. Lampereur
   
Andrew G. Lampereur
   
Executive Vice President and
   
Chief Financial Officer