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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): July 28, 2016

REXNORD CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 
 
 
Delaware
001-35475
20-5197013
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 

247 Freshwater Way, Suite 300
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Address of principal executive offices)
53204
(Zip Code)

(414) 643-3739
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)



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Item 5.02    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

At the Fiscal 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Rexnord Corporation (the “Company”) on July 28, 2016 (the “2017 Annual Meeting”), the Company’s stockholders approved the amendment to, and restatement of, the Rexnord Corporation Performance Incentive Plan (the “Plan,” formerly known as the Rexnord Corporation 2012 Performance Incentive Plan), with such amendments effective as of May 18, 2016. In addition to changing the name of the Plan to the “Rexnord Corporation Performance Incentive Plan,” and increasing the number of shares of common stock available for future issuance under the Plan by 3,800,000 shares, the Plan, as amended, contains several changes that are intended to better align with current practices in equity compensation, as described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting (the “2017 Proxy Statement”) and its Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 1, 2016.

The full text of the Plan, as amended and restated, was included as Appendix A to the 2017 Proxy Statement, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2016, and is incorporated herein by reference.


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

The Company held its 2017 Annual Meeting on July 28, 2016. The Company’s stockholders: (i) elected four directors to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve for three-year terms expiring in fiscal 2020; (ii) approved the amendment to, and restatement of, the Plan; and (iii) ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2017. There were 101,717,328 outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock eligible to vote as of May 31, 2016, the record date for the 2017 Annual Meeting.

The directors elected to the Company’s Board for terms expiring at the Annual Meeting in fiscal 2020, as well as the number of votes cast for, votes withheld and broker non-votes with respect to each of these individuals, are set forth below:

Director
 
Votes For
 
Votes Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
Mark S. Bartlett
 
96,942,158

 
1,098,415

 
1,380,294

David C. Longren
 
97,328,497

 
712,076

 
1,380,294

George C. Moore
 
73,180,342

 
24,860,231

 
1,380,294

John M. Stropki
 
96,926,111

 
1,114,462

 
1,380,294


The terms of office for the following directors continue until the Annual Meeting in the fiscal year set forth below:
Director
 
Term
 
Director
 
Term
Todd A. Adams
 
2019
 
Thomas D. Christopoul
 
2018
Theodore D. Crandall
 
2019
 
Paul W. Jones
 
2018
Robin A. Walker-Lee
 
2019
 
John S. Stroup
 
2018

The proposal to approve the amendment to, and restatement of, the Plan received the following votes:

Votes for approval:
 
71,866,246

Votes against:
 
24,145,532

Abstentions:
 
2,028,794

Broker Non-Votes:
 
1,380,295







The proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2017 received the following votes:

Votes for approval:
 
97,826,353

Votes against:
 
1,311,219

Abstentions:
 
283,294

Broker Non-Votes:
 
0

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit No.
 
Description
10.1
 
Rexnord Corporation Performance Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for its Fiscal 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2016).






SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rexnord Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized this 28th day of July 2016.


 
 
REXNORD CORPORATION
 
 
 
By:
/S/    Patricia M. Whaley
Name: 
Patricia M. Whaley
 
Title:
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
 






Rexnord Corporation
Exhibit Index to Form 8-K

Exhibit No.
 
Description
10.1
 
Rexnord Corporation Performance Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for its Fiscal 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2016).