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): April 28, 2016
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-7724 | 39-0622040 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
2801 80th Street, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53143-5656
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (262) 656-5200
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Snap-on Incorporated (the “Company”) held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 28, 2016 (the “2016 Annual Meeting”). The Company’s shareholders: (i) elected nine members of the Company’s Board of Directors, who were up for election, to each serve a one-year term ending at the 2017 Annual Meeting; (ii) ratified the Audit Committee’s selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2016; and (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting (the “2016 Proxy Statement”). There were 58,123,071 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and eligible to vote as of the close of business on February 29, 2016, the record date for the 2016 Annual Meeting.
The directors elected to the Company’s Board for terms expiring at the 2017 Annual Meeting, and the number of votes cast for and against, as well as abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to, each of these individuals, are set forth below:
| Director |
For |
Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes |
||||||||||||
| Karen L. Daniel | 43,071,747 | 1,748,867 | 62,329 | 5,166,016 | ||||||||||||
| Ruth Ann M. Gillis | 44,098,377 | 723,123 | 61,442 | 5,166,016 | ||||||||||||
| James P. Holden | 44,633,019 | 188,010 | 61,912 | 5,166,016 | ||||||||||||
| Nathan J. Jones | 44,080,442 | 737,610 | 63,296 | 5,166,016 | ||||||||||||
| Henry W. Knueppel | 44,328,789 | 486,095 | 66,464 | 5,166,016 | ||||||||||||
| W. Dudley Lehman | 43,287,373 | 1,529,341 | 66,228 | 5,166,016 | ||||||||||||
| Nicholas T. Pinchuk | 42,548,098 | 2,241,106 | 92,145 | 5,166,016 | ||||||||||||
| Gregg M. Sherrill | 44,616,488 | 201,308 | 63,552 | 5,166,016 | ||||||||||||
| Donald J. Stebbins | 43,060,380 | 1,758,151 | 64,411 | 5,166,016 | ||||||||||||
The proposal to ratify the Audit Committee’s selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2016 received the following votes:
| Votes for approval: | 47,118,239 | Votes against: | 2,875,126 | Abstentions: | 55,593 | |||||
| Broker non-votes: |
0 |
The advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and “Executive Compensation Information” in the 2016 Proxy Statement, received the following votes:
| Votes for approval: | 44,036,665 | Votes against: | 657,415 | Abstentions: | 188,862 | |||||
| Broker non-votes: | 5,166,016 |
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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.
| SNAP-ON INCORPORATED | ||||||
| Date: April 29, 2016 | By: | /s/ Irwin M. Shur | ||||
| Irwin M. Shur | ||||||
| Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||