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

 


 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 9, 2014

 

Rockwood Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-32609

 

52-2277366

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

100 Overlook Center, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
(Address of principal executive office)(Zip Code)

 

(609) 514-0300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

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

 

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:

 

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

 

At the annual meeting of stockholders of Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held on May 9, 2014, the Company’s stockholders (“Stockholders”) voted on the following proposals, the final voting results of which are described below:

 

(i)   The board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) nominated the following individuals to stand for election as Class III directors of the Company, and each nominee was elected by a majority of the shares present in person or represented and entitled to vote at the meeting. Such directors shall serve until the 2017 annual meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

Nominee

 

Number of
Votes For

 

Number of Votes
Against

 

Number of Votes
Abstained

 

Number of Broker
Non-Votes

 

Douglas L. Maine

 

61,519,661

 

698,095

 

28,862

 

5,078,836

 

Ambassador Alejandro Wolff

 

61,420,539

 

796,907

 

29,172

 

5,078,836

 

 

(ii)   The audit committee of the Board of Directors appointed the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 and the Board of Directors submitted such appointment for ratification by the Stockholders. The Stockholders ratified, by a majority of the shares present in person or represented and entitled to vote on the matter, the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014.

 

Number of
Votes For

 

Number of
Votes Against

 

Number of Votes
Abstained

 

66,663,189

 

656,275

 

5,990

 

 

(iii) The Board of Directors submitted for Stockholder approval in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation paid to our named executive officers. The Stockholders approved, in a non binding advisory vote, by a majority of the shares present in person or represented and entitled to vote on the matter, the compensation paid to our named executive officers.

 

Number of
Votes For

 

Number of
Votes Against

 

Number of Votes
Abstained

 

Number of Broker
Non-Votes

 

57,491,840

 

4,501,369

 

253,409

 

5,078,836

 

 

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(iv) The Board of Directors submitted the Amended and Restated 2009 Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan for approval by the Stockholders. The Stockholders approved, by a majority of the shares present in person or represented and entitled to vote on the matter, the Amended and Restated 2009 Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan.

 

Number of
Votes For

 

Number of
Votes Against

 

Number of Votes
Abstained

 

Number of Broker
Non-Votes

 

60,936,474

 

1,285,214

 

24,930

 

5,078,836

 

 

(v) The Board of Directors submitted the Amended and Restated 2009 Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Short-Term Incentive Plan for approval by the Stockholders. The Stockholders approved, by a majority of the shares present in person or represented and entitled to vote on the matter, the Amended and Restated 2009 Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Short-Term Incentive Plan.

 

Number of
Votes For

 

Number of
Votes Against

 

Number of Votes
Abstained

 

Number of Broker
Non-Votes

 

61,216,025

 

1,007,369

 

23,225

 

5,078,836

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

ROCKWOOD HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael W. Valente

 

 

Name:  Michael W. Valente

 

 

Title:    Assistant Secretary

 

 

Dated: May 9, 2014

 

 

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