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 12, 2015
VWR Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-36673
26-0237871
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
Radnor Corporate Center
Building One, Suite 200
100 Matsonford Road
Radnor, PA 19087
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 386-1700
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
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Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On May 12, 2015, VWR Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders in Radnor, Pennsylvania. A total of 129,659,577 shares of common stock, or 98.71% of outstanding shares, were represented in person or by proxy at the annual meeting. The final voting results for each of the items submitted to a stockholder vote at the annual meeting are set forth below.

1.
The stockholders elected three Class I directors with terms expiring at the Company’s 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, subject to the election and qualification of their successors, based on the following voting results:
 
Votes For
 
Votes
Withheld
 
Broker
Non-Votes
Election of Directors
 
 
 
 
 
Nicholas W. Alexos
117,606,758
 
11,392,541

  
660,278
Robert P. DeCresce
128,217,303
 
781,996

  
660,278
Carlos del Salto
128,700,381
 
298,918

  
660,278
2.
The stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2015, based on the following voting results: 
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
129,654,391
  
3,348
  
1,838
3.
The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the 2014 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, based on the following voting results: 
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker
Non-Votes
Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
128,316,136
  
680,274
  
2,889
  
660,278

4.
The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, one year as the frequency of the non-binding advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation, based on the following voting results:
 
1 Year
 
2 Years
 
3 Years
 
Abstentions
 
Broker
Non-Votes
Advisory Vote on the Frequency of the Advisory Approval of Named Executive Officer Compensation
128,336,978
  
730
  
658,309
  
3,282
  
660,278
In accordance with the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors and based on the results of the advisory vote reported above, the Company’s Board of Directors has determined that the Company will hold a stockholder advisory vote on named executive officer compensation on an annual basis until the next required stockholder advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory approval of named executive officer compensation, which is expected to occur at the Company’s 2021 annual meeting of stockholders.





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.
 
VWR Corporation
 
 
 
 
Date: May 13, 2015
By:
/s/ Douglas J. Pitts
 
 
Name:
Douglas J. Pitts
 
 
Title:
Vice President and Corporate Controller