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 4, 2017

 


 

Huntsman Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-32427

 

42-1648585

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

10003 Woodloch Forest Drive

 

 

The Woodlands, Texas

 

77380

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(281) 719-6000

 

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 obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company o

 

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Item 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

(a)  The 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Huntsman Corporation (the “Company”) was held on May 4, 2017 (the “Annual Meeting”).

 

(b)  The Company’s stockholders voted on the following four proposals (described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2017) at the Annual Meeting and cast their votes as follows:

 

Proposal 1                                   The eight nominees named below were elected to serve as directors of the board of directors, to serve until the 2018 Annual Meeting, and the voting results were as follows:

 

Directors

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Nolan D. Archibald

 

181,863,517

 

4,568,713

 

31,880,624

 

Mary C. Beckerle

 

182,061,514

 

4,382,916

 

31,880,624

 

M. Anthony Burns

 

182,711,108

 

3,733,322

 

31,880,624

 

Jon M. Huntsman

 

184,388,020

 

2,044,210

 

31,880,624

 

Peter R. Huntsman

 

185,343,579

 

1,088,651

 

31,880,624

 

Sir Robert J. Margetts

 

181,210,433

 

5,221,797

 

31,880,624

 

Wayne A. Reaud

 

183,623,441

 

2,808,789

 

31,880,624

 

Alvin V. Shoemaker

 

175,143,835

 

11,288,395

 

31,880,624

 

 

Proposal 2                                   The non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved as set forth below.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

174,308,159

 

11,541,931

 

582,140

 

31,880,624

 

 

Proposal 3                                   The results of the non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of the shareholder vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers were as set forth below.

 

1 year

 

2 years

 

3 years

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

166,584,404

 

595,353

 

19,012,588

 

239,885

 

31,880,624

 

 

Proposal 4                                   The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017 was ratified, and the voting results were as follows.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

210,552,113

 

7,590,155

 

170,586

 

 

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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.

 

 

HUNTSMAN CORPORATION

 

 

 

/s/ DAVID M. SRYKER

 

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

Dated: May 10, 2017

 

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