UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
April 28, 2011
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
NYSE Euronext
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-33392 | 20-5110848 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 11 Wall Street New York, New York |
10005 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 656-3000
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Explanatory Note
NYSE Euronext (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 8–K/A to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8–K dated April 28, 2011, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2011, to disclose the decision of the Board of Directors of the Company regarding how frequently to hold a shareholder advisory vote on executive compensation.
ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
As previously disclosed, at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on April 28, 2011, a majority of the Company’s stockholders voted, on an advisory non-binding basis, to hold an advisory non-binding vote to approve executive compensation every year. Consistent with this recommendation by the Company’s stockholders, the Board of Directors has decided that it will include an advisory non-binding shareholder vote on executive compensation in its proxy materials every year until the next required vote on the frequency of the shareholder advisory vote on executive compensation.
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.
| NYSE EURONEXT | ||||||
| Date: July 28, 2011 | By: | /s/ Janet L. McGinness | ||||
| Name: | Janet L. McGinness | |||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President & Corporate Secretary | |||||