UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
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 24, 2014
OLIN CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Virginia | 1-1070 | 13-1872319 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
190 Carondelet Plaza, Suite 1530 Clayton, MO (Address of principal executive offices) | 63105-3443 (Zip Code) |
(314) 480-1400 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) |
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
b.
This Form 8-K/A amends Item 5.07(b) of the Form 8-K filed by Olin Corporation (the “Company”) on April 25, 2014 (“Original Form 8-K”), which provided the voting results for the proposals submitted to shareholders at the Company’s Annual Shareholders Meeting held on April 24, 2014. The information provided in the Original Form 8-K was based on the Report of Elections from the Company’s independent Inspector of Elections. The Company was informed by the Inspector of Elections after the filing of the Original Form 8-K that their Report of Elections contained an error. The correct voting results based on the updated Report of Elections from the Inspector of Elections are set forth below. The number of shares abstaining from a vote on Proposal 5 - Shareholder Proposal regarding disclosure of lobbying and political spending was overstated in the Original Form 8-K by 200 shares.
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non- Votes | ||||
Proposal 1 – Three Class II Directors were elected at the meeting, for a term of three years, as follows: | |||||||
Gray G. Benoist | 58,660,264 | 851,718 | 295,196 | 11,900,751 | |||
Richard M. Rompala | 58,926,570 | 635,354 | 245,254 | 11,900,751 | |||
Joseph D. Rupp | 58,990,775 | 572,588 | 243,815 | 11,900,751 | |||
Proposal 2 – Approval of 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan, including the approval of performance measures pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code | 55,251,067 | 4,149,894 | 405,917 | 11,901,051 | |||
Proposal 3 – Conduct an advisory vote to approve the compensation for named executive officers | 57,428,033 | 1,593,676 | 785,469 | 11,900,751 | |||
Proposal 4 – Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014 | 70,833,693 | 627,175 | 247,061 | Not applicable. | |||
Proposal 5 – Shareholder Proposal regarding disclosure of lobbying and political spending | 23,484,822 | 33,830,752 | 2,491,304 | 11,901,051 | |||
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.
OLIN CORPORATION | |||
By: | /s/ George H. Pain | ||
Name: | George H. Pain | ||
Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
Date: April 28, 2014