UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 06, 2014

Horsehead Holding Corp.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-33658

20-0447377

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

4955 Steubenville Pike Suite 405, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

15205

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(724) 774-1020

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 
 

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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

On May 6, 2014, Horsehead Holding Corp. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders at The Grove Park Inn, 290 Macon Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina (the “Annual Meeting”). The number of shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 50,619,165 representing the number of shares of common stock outstanding as of the close of business on March 13, 2014, the record date for the Annual Meeting.

The results for each matter voted on were as follows:

a. Election of Directors. Each of the following Class II directors was elected to serve for a three-year term expiring at the annual meeting in 2017:

  Votes for   Votes Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
 

Jack Shilling

39,925,300

711,347

6,943,826

John C. van Roden, Jr.

39,926,790

709,857

6,943,826

b. Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The audit committee’s appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 was ratified.

Shares Voted for   Shares Voted    
Proposal Against Proposal Abstain Broker Non-Votes
47,113,577 385,931 80,965 0

c. Non-Binding Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2014 (the “Proxy Statement”) under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” the compensation tables and the narrative discussion following the compensation tables was approved on an advisory basis.

Shares Voted for   Shares Voted    
Proposal Against Proposal Abstain Broker Non-Votes
40,085,692 465,520 85,435 6,943,826

SIGNATURES

According 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, thereunto duly authorized on May 7, 2014.

 

HORSEHEAD HOLDING CORP.

 

 
 

/s/ Robert D. Scherich

By:

Robert D. Scherich

Its:

Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer