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):  May 25, 2011

 

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Commission File Number: 1-14829

 

Delaware

 

84-0178360

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(IRS Employer

incorporation)

 

Identification No.)

 

1225 17th Street, Suite 3200, Denver, Colorado 80202

1555 Notre Dame Street East, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H2L 2R5

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(303) 927-2337 / (514) 521-1786

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

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

 

The annual meeting of the stockholders of Molson Coors Brewing Company (the “Company”) was held on May 25, 2011, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at which the following matters were submitted to a vote of the stockholders:

 

(a)   votes regarding the election of the persons named below as Directors for a term expiring in 2012 were as follows:

 

CLASS A DIRECTORS:

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Francesco Bellini

 

5,106,695

 

336

 

11,495

 

Rosalind G. Brewer

 

5,104,615

 

410

 

11,495

 

Peter H. Coors

 

5,075,763

 

31,262

 

11,495

 

Christien Coors Ficeli

 

5,075,803

 

31,222

 

11,495

 

Brian D. Goldner

 

5,106,695

 

336

 

11,495

 

Franklin W. Hobbs

 

5,106,695

 

336

 

11,495

 

Andrew T. Molson

 

5,075,809

 

31,216

 

11,495

 

Geoffrey E. Molson

 

5,075,769

 

31,256

 

11,495

 

Iain J.G. Napier

 

5,106,695

 

336

 

11,495

 

H. Sanford Riley

 

5,106,695

 

336

 

11,495

 

Peter Swinburn

 

5,080,329

 

26,702

 

11,495

 

 

CLASS B DIRECTORS:

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

John E. Cleghorn

 

134,865,926

 

4,510,224

 

0

 

Charles M. Herington

 

134,359,090

 

5,017,060

 

0

 

David P. O’Brien

 

134,405,367

 

4,970,783

 

0

 

 

(b)   votes regarding the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011 were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

5,118,068

 

0

 

452

 

 

(c)   votes regarding approval, on an advisory basis, of compensation of the Company’s named executive officers were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

5,106,409

 

614

 

2

 

11,495

 

 

(d)   votes regarding approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of the advisory stockholder vote on compensation of the Company’s named executive officers were as follows:

 

1 Year

 

2 Years

 

3 Years

 

Abstain

 

32,576

 

138

 

5,074,105

 

206

 

 

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.

 

 

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY

 

 

 

 

Date:  June 1, 2011

By:

/s/ Samuel D. Walker

 

 

Samuel D. Walker

 

 

Global Chief Legal Officer

 

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