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): October 26, 2016


PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Ohio
1-4982
34-0451060
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
6035 Parkland Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio
 
44124-4141
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (216) 896-3000

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)



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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e)    On October 26, 2016, at the 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Parker-Hannifin Corporation (the "Company"), the Company's shareholders, upon the recommendation of the Company's Board of Directors, approved the Parker-Hannifin Corporation 2016 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (the "2016 Plan"). The Board of Directors approved and adopted the 2016 Plan on August 18, 2016, subject to shareholder approval.

The 2016 Plan replaces the Amended and Restated Parker-Hannifin Corporation 2009 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (the "2009 Plan"). The 2009 Plan will be terminated and is not available for future awards. The 2016 Plan will be administered by the Company's Human Resources and Compensation Committee and provides for grants of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, unrestricted stock awards and restricted stock units to certain of the Company's employees, which includes the named executive officers, and directors. The maximum number of shares of the Company's common stock that may be issued pursuant to awards under the 2016 Plan is 16,000,000 shares, subject to adjustment as provided in the 2016 Plan. Common stock issued under the 2016 Plan may include authorized but unissued shares, treasury shares, or a combination of both. The 2016 Plan imposes sub-limits on the number of shares of the Company's common stock that may be issued under the 2016 Plan. In order to comply with the exemption from Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code relating to performance-based compensation, the 2016 Plan provides that no participant may be granted stock options or stock appreciation rights for more than 1,000,000 shares in any three-year period. In addition, no participant may be granted restricted stock awards, unrestricted stock awards or restricted stock units for more than 1,000,000 shares in any three-year period. Further, to the extent that any restricted stock award, unrestricted stock award or restricted stock unit is intended to qualify for the performance-based compensation exemption from Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, that award would be granted subject to the terms of the Parker-Hannifin Corporation 2015 Performance Bonus Plan, or a successor plan. The 2016 Plan will terminate ten years from October 26, 2016 or on such earlier date as the Human Resources and Compensation Committee may determine. The foregoing summary of the 2016 Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the 2016 Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.






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

(a)    The Annual Meeting was held on October 26, 2016. The number of common shares represented at the Annual Meeting was 133,772,075.

(b)(i)    The Shareholders elected the following directors for a term expiring at the Annual
Meeting of Shareholders in 2017, as follows:    
 
Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

Lee C. Banks
106,566,099

2,130,847

738,108

8,698,696

Robert G. Bohn
104,695,146

4,080,226

659,682

8,698,696

Linda S. Harty
106,360,678

2,398,292

676,084

8,698,696

Robert J. Kohlhepp
102,508,247

6,304,571

622,236

8,698,696

Kevin A. Lobo
106,407,876

2,281,121

746,057

8,698,696

Klaus-Peter Müller
105,492,000

3,244,441

698,613

8,698,696

Candy M. Obourn
103,611,318

5,253,601

570,135

8,698,696

Joseph Scaminace
104,384,428

4,399,299

651,327

8,698,696

Wolfgang R. Schmitt
104,949,521

3,770,913

714,620

8,698,696

Åke Svensson
106,474,117

2,263,740

697,197

8,698,696

James R. Verrier
107,236,074

1,437,052

761,928

8,698,696

James L. Wainscott
104,764,885

4,003,719

666,450

8,698,696

Thomas L. Williams
104,701,058

3,282,756

1,451,240

8,698,696


(ii)
The Shareholders approved an amendment to the Company's Code of Regulations to establish procedures for advance notice of Director nominations and other business at shareholder meetings, as follows:    
Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

93,743,632

15,234,926

456,496

8,698,696


(iii)
The Shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, as follows:
Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

116,626,358

734,982

772,410

    
(iv)
The Shareholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company, as follows:
Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

101,435,924

6,954,617

1,043,412

8,698,696


(vi) The Shareholders approved the Parker-Hannifin Corporation 2016 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as follows:
Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

97,489,960

11,188,536

755,860

8,698,696

    





Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

Exhibit No.        Description of Exhibit

10.1
Parker-Hannifin Corporation 2016 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan incorporated by reference to Annex B to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 26, 2016 (Commission File No. 1 - 4982).





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.


 
 
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/Joseph R. Leonti
 
 
 
 
Joseph R. Leonti
 
 
 
 
Vice President and Secretary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: November 1, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 






EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.        Description of Exhibit

10.1
Parker-Hannifin Corporation 2016 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan incorporated by reference to Annex B to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 26, 2016 (Commission File No. 1 - 4982).