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): June 6, 2017
Abtech Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada | 000-52762 | 14-1994102 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
4110 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 235 Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
(Address of principal executive offices)
480-874-4000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Abtech Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2017 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 6, 2017. There were 501,678,288 shares of common stock eligible to be voted at the Annual Meeting and 381,211,352 shares of common stock were represented in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, which constituted a quorum to conduct business. There were two proposals submitted to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Each of the proposals below is more fully described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2017. The final results of voting on each of the proposals are as follows:
Proposal 1 — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. Each of the following nominees for director were elected to serve a one-year term expiring at the Company’s 2018 annual meeting of stockholders based on the following vote:
| Name |
Affirmative Votes |
Votes Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes |
| Glenn R. Rink | 350,163,284 | 867,544 | 30,180,524 |
| William S. Brennan | 350,540,086 | 490,742 | 30,180,524 |
| David Greenwald | 350,466,402 | 564,426 | 30,180,524 |
| A. Judson Hill | 350,348,866 | 681,962 | 30,180,524 |
| Dipak P. Jogia | 350,468,702 | 562,126 | 30,180,524 |
Proposal 2 — RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM. Semple, Marchal & Cooper LLP was ratified as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017, based on the following vote:
| Affirmative Votes: | 377,113,410 |
| Votes Against: | 1,000,204 |
| Abstentions: | 3,097,738 |
| Broker Non-Votes: | - |
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.
Dated: June 7, 2017
| ABTECH HOLDINGS, INC., | ||
| a Nevada corporation | ||
| By: | /s/ Glenn R. Rink | |
| Glenn R. Rink | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||