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 (Date of earliest event reported): April 25, 2019

 

 

 

LOGO

(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 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 25, 2019 (the “2019 Annual Meeting”). At the 2019 Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders: (i) elected 10 members of the Company’s Board of Directors to each serve a one-year term ending at the 2020 Annual Meeting; (ii) ratified the Audit Committee’s selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2019; and (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy statement for the 2019 Annual Meeting (the “2019 Proxy Statement”). There were 55,585,437 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and eligible to vote as of the close of business on February 25, 2019, the record date for the 2019 Annual Meeting.

The directors elected to the Company’s Board of Directors for terms expiring at the 2020 Annual Meeting, and the number of votes cast for and against, as well as abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to, each individual, are set forth below:

 

Director

   For      Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes  

David C. Adams

     42,709,081        814,326        82,932        4,854,092  

Karen L. Daniel

     41,591,724        1,938,771        75,844        4,854,092  

Ruth Ann M. Gillis

     43,336,524        193,974        75,841        4,854,092  

James P. Holden

     41,829,694        1,696,039        80,606        4,854,092  

Nathan J. Jones

     42,606,272        922,529        77,538        4,854,092  

Henry W. Knueppel

     38,870,745        4,651,251        84,343        4,854,092  

W. Dudley Lehman

     41,803,852        1,722,090        80,398        4,854,092  

Nicholas T. Pinchuk

     40,458,163        2,418,540        729,637        4,854,092  

Gregg M. Sherrill

     42,027,789        1,500,590        77,960        4,854,092  

Donald J. Stebbins

     43,262,638        265,724        77,977        4,854,092  

The proposal to ratify the Audit Committee’s selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2019 received the following votes:

 

Votes for approval:     47,004,510       Votes against:       1,382,104       Abstentions:       73,817  
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 2019 Proxy Statement, received the following votes:

 

Votes for approval:     39,326,610       Votes against:       4,131,747       Abstentions:       147,982  
Broker non-votes:     4,854,092          

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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 26, 2019     By:   /s/ Richard T. Miller
     

Richard T. Miller

      Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary