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 24, 2013

 

 

AVX Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware 

1-7201

33‑0379007

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

 

 

1 AVX Boulevard 

 

 

Fountain Inn,  South Carolina 

 

29644

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

 

(864)  967-2150

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

On July 24, 2013,  we held our annual meeting of shareholders in New York, New York.

 

The shareholders elected all of our nominees for director, approved the 2014 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan and the 2014 Stock Option Plan, and ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as our independent accountants for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014.  

 

The results of the votes of shareholders on each matter set forth at the annual meeting are as follows:

 

1.  Election of Directors:

Class II Director for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Votes

 

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker
Non-Votes

Goro Yamaguchi

 

151,827,706 

 

10,555,263 

 

2,539,582 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class I Directors for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Votes

 

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker
Non-Votes

Kazuo Inamori

 

132,778,184 

 

29,604,785 

 

2,539,582 

David A. DeCenzo

 

161,052,767 

 

1,330,202 

 

2,539,582 

Tetsuo Kuba

 

148,238,571 

 

14,144,398 

 

2,539,582 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.  Approval of the 2014 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Votes

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

160,939,494 

 

1,321,624 

 

121,658 

 

2,539,582 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

3.  Approval of the 2014 Stock Option Plan:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Votes

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

160,686,372 

 

1,576,321 

 

120,276 

 

2,539,582 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.  Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as our independent accountants for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014:

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Votes

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

164,772,156 

 

139,168 

 

11,227 

 

 -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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.

 

 

Date:  July 25, 2013

 

AVX CORPORATION

 

 

By:

/s/ Kurt P. Cummings

 

 

Name:

Kurt P. Cummings

Title:

Vice President,

 

Chief Financial Officer,

 

Treasurer and Secretary