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): April 21, 2016

 

 

LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Ohio   0-1402   34-1860551

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

22801 St. Clair Avenue

Cleveland, Ohio 44117

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(216) 481-8100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name and 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:

 

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

 

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

The 2016 Annual Meeting was held on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at the Marriott Cleveland East, 26300 Harvard Road, Warrensville Heights, Ohio.

The final results of voting on each of the matters submitted for a vote of security holders at the 2016 Annual Meeting are as follows:

1. Shareholders elected seven directors, each to hold office until the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, as set forth below.

 

Name

   Votes For      Votes
Withheld
     Broker
Non-Votes
 

Curtis E. Espeland

     52,083,057         168,436         9,069,805   

Stephen G. Hanks

     51,769,832         481,661         9,069,805   

Michael F. Hilton

     50,825,039         1,426,454         9,069,805   

Kathryn Jo Lincoln

     51,683,316         568,177         9,069,805   

William E. MacDonald

     51,731,344         520,149         9,069,805   

Phillip J. Mason

     52,082,759         168,734         9,069,805   

George H. Walls, Jr.

     51,673,090         578,403         9,069,805   

2. Shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2016, as set forth below.

 

Votes For

  Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
60,891,781   383,770   45,747   0

3. Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as set forth below.

 

Votes For

  Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
48,696,553   2,069,835   1,485,105   9,069,805

 

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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.

 

    LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.
Date: April 26, 2016     By:  

/s/ Frederick G. Stueber

      Frederick G. Stueber
      Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 

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