UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549-1004

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

 

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 26, 2017 (June 6, 2017)

 

 

GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

 

001-34960

(Commission File Number)

 

27-0756180

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

300 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

48265-3000

(Zip Code)

(313) 556-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(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:

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 


Explanatory Note

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A is being filed by General Motors Company (the “Company”) as an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Current Report on Form 8-K that the Company filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2017 to announce the preliminary results of the Company’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 6, 2017 (the “Annual Meeting”). This Amendment is being filed to disclose the final voting results received from IVS Associates, Inc. (“IVS”), the independent inspector of elections for the Annual Meeting.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On June 23, 2017, IVS delivered its final vote tabulation that certified the final voting results for each of the matters set forth below that were submitted to a vote at the Annual Meeting.

As of the close of business on April 7, 2017, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 1,510,395,471 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), were outstanding and entitled to vote. Of these, 1,233,343,870 shares of Common Stock were voted in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, representing approximately 82 percent of the shares entitled to be voted. This includes 81,281,895 shares held through brokers with respect to which voting instructions were not received and which were permitted to vote only on Item No. 5 listed below. The voting results and percentages next to the voting results listed below were calculated without regard to such uninstructed shares except in the case of Item No. 5.

The final tabulation from IVS of voting results for the election of directors and other proposals is set forth below.

Item No. 1 – Election of Directors. The Company’s shareholders elected the following nominees, constituting the Company’s full slate of nominees, to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected or appointed: Mary T. Barra, Theodore M. Solso, Joseph J. Ashton, Linda R. Gooden, Joseph Jimenez, Jane L. Mendillo, Michael G. Mullen, James J. Mulva, Patricia F. Russo, Thomas M. Schoewe, and Carol M. Stephenson.

The Company’s Board of Directors’ Nominees

 

Director    For    Withheld    Percentage For

Mary T. Barra

   1,129,136,572    22,776,040    98%

Theodore M. Solso

   1,144,892,758    7,019,853    99%

Joseph J. Ashton

   1,145,059,659    6,852,953    99%

Linda R. Gooden

   1,140,858,449    11,054,162    99%

Joseph Jimenez

   1,132,891,949    19,020,663    98%

Jane L. Mendillo

   998,698,373    5,482,372    87%

Michael G. Mullen

   997,848,120    6,332,625    87%

James J. Mulva

   1,138,285,742    13,626,870    99%

Patricia F. Russo

   1,123,187,879    28,724,733    97%

Thomas M. Schoewe

   1,145,152,113    6,760,498    99%

Carol M. Stephenson

   969,792,357    21,192,777    84%


Greenlight’s Nominees

 

Director    For     Withheld     Percentage For

Leo Hindery, Jr.

   159,520,814          1,556,027             14%

Vinit Sethi

   145,135,084          2,746,146             13%

William N. Thorndike, Jr.

   146,313,100          1,568,131             13%

Item No. 2 – Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of Named Executive Officer Compensation. The Company’s shareholders approved, by advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

For    Against          Abstain         Percentage For     

1,108,853,783

          37,339,030            5,154,246         96%

Item No. 3 – Approval of the General Motors Company 2017 Short-Term Incentive Plan. The Company’s shareholders approved the General Motors Company 2017 Short-Term Incentive Plan.

 

For    Against          Abstain         Percentage For     

1,107,301,709

          39,221,809            5,538,457         96%

Item No. 4 – Approval of the General Motors Company 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan. The Company’s shareholders approved the General Motors Company 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

 

For    Against          Abstain         Percentage For     

1,108,961,435

          37,694,268            5,406,273         96%

Item No. 5 – Ratification of the Selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2017. The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2017.

 

For    Against          Abstain         Percentage For     

1,212,997,565

          16,051,442            4,294,864         98%

Item No. 6 – Shareholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chairman. The Company’s shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal regarding an independent board chairman.

 

For   Against          Abstain         Percentage Against

   467,374,095

       679,225,021            5,462,859         59%

Item No. 7 – Greenlight Proposal Regarding Creation of Dual-Class Common Stock. The Company’s shareholders did not approve Greenlight’s proposal regarding the creation of dual-class common stock.

 

For   Against         Abstain         Percentage Against

     90,006,827

     1,053,306,852           8,748,296         91%


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.

 

       

GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY

(Registrant)

   

/s/ Jill E. Sutton

Date: June 26, 2017

 

By:  

 

Jill E. Sutton

   

Deputy General Counsel & Corporate Secretary