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 6, 2014 |
Hubbell Incorporated
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Connecticut | 1-2958 | 06-0397030 |
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_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction |
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| of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
| 40 Waterview Drive, Shelton, Connecticut | 06484 | |
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_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices) |
___________ (Zip Code) |
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | 475 882 4000 |
Not Applicable
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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.
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Hubbell Incorporated (the “Company”) was held on May 6, 2014. The following are the voting results on the three proposals considered and voted upon at the meeting, all of which were described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2014.
PROPOSAL 1 — Election of directors to serve until the annual meeting of shareholders of the Company in 2015 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified:
| AFFIRMATIVE | WITHHELD | BROKER | ||||||||||
NOMINEE |
VOTES | VOTES | NON-VOTES | |||||||||
Carlos M. Cardoso |
149,549,441 | 1,298,141 | 17,746,603 | |||||||||
Lynn J. Good |
150,040,975 | 806,607 | 17,746,603 | |||||||||
Anthony J. Guzzi |
149,990,060 | 857,522 | 17,746,603 | |||||||||
Neal J. Keating |
150,229,785 | 617,797 | 17,746,603 | |||||||||
John F. Malloy |
150,228,093 | 619,489 | 17,746,603 | |||||||||
Andrew McNally IV |
145,774,788 | 5,072,794 | 17,746,603 | |||||||||
David. G. Nord |
150,206,040 | 641,542 | 17,746,603 | |||||||||
G. Jackson Ratcliffe |
150,095,214 | 752,368 | 17,746,603 | |||||||||
Carlos A. Rodriguez |
150,223,103 | 624,479 | 17,746,603 | |||||||||
John G. Russell |
149,757,910 | 1,089,672 | 17,746,603 | |||||||||
Steven R. Shawley |
150,672,314 | 175,268 | 17,746,603 | |||||||||
Richard J. Swift |
144,524,029 | 6,323,553 | 17,746,603 | |||||||||
PROPOSAL 2 — The ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2014:
AFFIRMATIVE VOTES
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NEGATIVE VOTES | ABSTAINED VOTES | ||||||
167,894,988
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470,889 | 228,308 | ||||||
PROPOSAL 3 — Approval, on an advisory, non-binding basis, of the compensation of the named executive officers presented in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 6, 2014.
AFFIRMATIVE VOTES
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NEGATIVE VOTES | ABSTAINED VOTES | ||||||
148,403,883
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1,457,456 | 986,243 | ||||||
Pursuant to the foregoing votes, the twelve nominees listed above were elected to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors, and Proposals 2 and 3 were approved.
Item 8.01 Other Events
On May 6, 2014, the Board of Directors of Hubbell Incorporated elected David G. Nord as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Nord has served as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2013.
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.
| Hubbell Incorporated | ||||
| May 8, 2014 | By: |
/s/ Megan C. Preneta
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| Name: Megan C. Preneta | ||||
| Title: Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel | ||||