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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: April 27, 2017
(Date of earliest event reported)
 
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Halyard Health, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
001-36440
46-4987888
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission file number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
5405 Windward Parkway
Suite 100 South
Alpharetta, Georgia
 
30004
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (678) 425-9273

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Item 2.02    Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
Halyard Health, Inc. (the “Company”) announced its results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017 in a press release dated May 2, 2017 that is attached and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1.
The information, including exhibits attached hereto in Item 2.02 of this Current Report, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in Item 2.02 of this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.
Item 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 27, 2017. For more information on the proposals presented at the meeting, see the Proxy Statement, the relevant portions of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The stockholders elected each of the three nominees to the Board of Directors for a three-year term by a majority of the votes cast:
Director
 
For
 
Withheld
 
Broker
Non-Votes
 
Robert E. Abernathy
 
36,631,004

 
885,689

 
5,851,932

 
Ronald W. Dollens
 
37,214,677

 
302,016

 
5,851,932

 
Heidi K. Kunz
 
37,179,305

 
337,388

 
5,851,932

 
The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm to audit the Company's 2016 financial statements:
For
43,032,069

 
Against
135,220

 
Abstain
201,336

 
Broker Non-Votes

 
The stockholders approved the advisory resolution approving executive compensation:
For
36,336,321

 
Against
986,954

 
Abstain
193,418

 
Broker Non-Votes
5,851,932

 
Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit No. 99.1. Press release issued by Halyard Health, Inc. on May 2, 2017.





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.
    
 
 
 
HALYARD HEALTH, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
May 2, 2017
 
By:
/s/ S. Ross Mansbach
 
 
 
 
S. Ross Mansbach
Vice President, Deputy General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary