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): April 26, 2017
Ryerson Holding Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-34735 | 26-1251524 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
227 W. Monroe St., 27th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
(312) 292-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On April 26, 2017, Ryerson Holding Corporation (“Ryerson” or the “Company”) held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) in Louisville, Kentucky. At the Annual Meeting, Ryerson’s stockholders (i) elected each of the two persons indicated below to serve as a Class III director for a three-year term that will continue until the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor has been duly elected and qualified, and (ii) approved the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as Ryerson’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2017.
Ryerson’s independent inspector of elections reported the final vote of the stockholders as follows:
PROPOSAL 1: Election of Class III Directors.
| Name |
For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Kirk K. Calhoun | 32,268,863 | 573,043 | 2,222,463 | |||
| Jacob Kotzubei | 23,435,123 | 9,406,783 | 2,222,463 |
The following directors continued in office after the Annual Meeting: Court D. Carruthers, Eva M. Kalawski, Stephen P. Larson, Philip E. Norment, and Mary Ann Sigler.
PROPOSAL 2: Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Ryerson’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2017.
| For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 35,032,804 | 15,658 | 15,907 |
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.
Dated: May 1, 2017
| RYERSON HOLDING CORPORATION | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Mark S. Silver | |||||
| Name: | Mark S. Silver | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary | |||||