8-K

 

 

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): April 28, 2015

 

 

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-35166   62-1411546

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

520 Lake Cook Road

Deerfield, IL 60015

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

847-484-4400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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

(a) Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 28, 2015.

(b) At the Annual Meeting, our stockholders (i) elected the persons listed below to serve as Class I directors for a term of three years expiring at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (ii) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015; and (iii) approved the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. Set forth below are the voting results for each of these proposals:

 

Item 1: The election of three Class I directors for a three-year term expiring at the 2018 Annual Meeting

 

Director Name

   For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Ann F. Hackett

     131,463,006         359,047         560,199         14,309,482   

John G. Morikis

     131,569,102         251,778         561,372         14,309,482   

Ronald V. Waters, III

     131,535,847         267,953         578,452         14,309,482   

 

Item 2: The ratification of the appointment by the Company’s Audit Committee of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015

 

For      Against      Abstain  
  145,883,809         216,300         591,625   

 

Item 3: An advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers

 

For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 
  128,027,460         3,432,949         921,843         14,309,482   


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.

 

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.
(Registrant)

By:

/s/ Robert K. Biggart

Name: Robert K. Biggart
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Date: May 1, 2015