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
(Registrants 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 Companys independent registered public accounting firm for 2015; and (iii) approved the compensation paid to the Companys 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 |
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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 Companys Audit Committee of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Companys 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 Companys named executive officers |
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
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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. | ||
By: | /s/ Robert K. Biggart | |
Name: | Robert K. Biggart | |
Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Date: May 1, 2015