UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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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): November 7, 2017 (November 6, 2017)

 

Phibro Animal Health Corporation

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(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)

 

Delaware

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01-36410

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13-1840497

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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

Glenpointe Centre East, 3rd Floor

300 Frank W. Burr Boulevard, Suite 21

Teaneck, New Jersey 07666-6712

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(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

 

(201) 329-7300

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(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

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ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

On November 6, 2017, Phibro Animal Health Corporation (the “Corporation”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Meeting”). Present at the Meeting in person or by proxy were holders of 18,226,227 shares of Class A common stock of the Corporation and 20,626,836 shares of Class B common stock of the Corporation, which together represent 99.52% of the voting power of all shares of common stock of the Corporation as of September 7, 2017, the record date for the Meeting, and constituting a quorum for the transaction of business at the Meeting.

 

The stockholders of the Corporation voted on the following items at the Meeting:

 

1.To elect three Class I Directors to serve until the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; and

 

2.To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018.

 

For more information about the foregoing proposals, see the Corporation’s 2017 Proxy Statement.

 

Holders of the shares of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share and holders of the shares of Class B common stock are entitled to ten votes per share. Holders of the shares of Class A common stock and holders of the shares of Class B common stock voted together as a single class on all matters (including the election of directors) submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Meeting.

 

The voting results for each of these proposals are detailed below.

 

1.Election of Class I Directors

 

Director Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes
Daniel M. Bendheim 216,335,517 7,375,194 783,876
Sam Gejdenson 211,721,514 11,989,197 783,876

 

Based on the votes set forth above, each director nominee was duly elected to serve until the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.

 

 

2.Ratification of the Selection of PwC as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

Votes For Votes Against Abstained
222,710,700 1,783,482 405

 

There were no broker non-votes on this proposal.

 

Based on the votes set forth above, the stockholders ratified the selection of PwC as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018.

 

 

 

 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORPORATION

Registrant

   
Date: November 7, 2017  
   
  By:  /s/ Thomas G. Dagger
  Name: 
Title:
Thomas G. Dagger
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary