Form 8-K

 

 

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 9, 2013

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

IDEX CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-10235   36-3555336

(State of

Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1925 W. Field Court

Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(847) 498-7070

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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

(a) – (b) The Company held its Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 and voted on the following matters.

 

  1. The election of three directors to serve a three-year term. The following persons received a plurality of votes cast for Class I directors.

 

Director

  

For

  

Withheld

  

Broker Non-Votes

Ernest J. Mrozek

   74,931,405    2,306,086    1,199,197

David C. Parry

   76,383,663    853,828    1,199,197

Livingston L. Satterthwaite

   76,084,531    1,152,960    1,199,197

 

  2. A proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The proposal received the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter as follows:

 

Affirmative votes

     73,312,518   

Negative votes

     1,275,294   

Abstentions

     2,649,679   

Broker non-votes

     1,199,197   

 

  3. A proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013. The proposal received the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter as follows:

 

Affirmative votes

     77,569,892   

Negative votes

     692,401   

Abstentions

     174,395   

Item 7.01 – Regulation FD Disclosure.

On April 9, 2013, IDEX Corporation issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors has approved a 15 percent increase in the Company’s regular quarterly cash dividend.

A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

  99.1 Press release dated April 9, 2013


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.

 

IDEX CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Heath A. Mitts

  Heath A. Mitts
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

April 11, 2013


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

99.1    Press release dated April 9, 2013