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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): January 26, 2018


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EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Missouri
1-15401
43-1863181
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1350 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017
(Address of principal executive offices)
    
314-594-1900
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As noted below under Item 5.07, on January 26, 2018, the shareholders of Edgewell Personal Care Company (the “Company”) approved the Edgewell Personal Care Company 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The material terms of the Plan are summarized under “Item 5. Approval of the Company’s 2018 Stock Incentive Plan” of the Company’s proxy statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2017 (the “Proxy Statement”), which description is incorporated by reference herein. The description of the Plan is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

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

The Company held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at the Company's headquarters on Friday, January 26, 2018. Of the 55,083,690 shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, 49,002,400 shares were represented in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Proposal 1: Management's nominees for director were elected to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2019 or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below:

Nominee
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
David P. Hatfield
40,352,305
  1,894,308
1,813,212
4,942,575
Daniel J. Heinrich
35,368,997
  8,655,136
     35,692
4,942,575
Carla C. Hendra
43,655,800
     336,155
     67,870
4,942,575
R. David Hoover
42,718,694
  1,302,622
     38,509
4,942,575
John C. Hunter, III
41,009,793
  3,016,735
     33,297
4,942,575
James C. Johnson
43,535,835
     455,381
     68,609
4,942,575
Elizabeth Valk Long
43,243,726
     599,022
   217,077
4,942,575
Rakesh Sachdev
32,656,940
11,365,855
     37,030
4,942,575

Proposal 2: The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2018 was ratified by the shareholders by the votes set forth in the table below:
 
For
Against
Abstain
48,443,619
493,974
64,807
 
 
 
Proposal 3: The Company's executive compensation, as described in the Company's Proxy Statement, was approved by the non-binding advisory votes of the shareholders as set forth in the table below:
 
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
40,219,355
3,781,679
58,791
4,942,575

Proposal 4: With respect to the frequency of the Company’s non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation, as described in the Company's Proxy Statement, one-year was approved by the shareholders as set forth in the table below:
 





One-Year
Two-Years
Three-Years
Abstain
35,783,211
134,605
8,082,593
59,416

The Board of Directors of the Company has determined that the Company will hold annual non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation until the next advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation occurs. The next non-binding advisory vote regarding the frequency of the non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation is required to be held no later than the Company's 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, although an earlier vote may be held at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

Proposal 5: The Plan was approved by the vote of the shareholders as set forth in the table below:
 
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
41,668,133
2,337,299
54,393
4,942,575


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
Edgewell Personal Care Company 2018 Stock Incentive Plan


    
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY
By: /s/Manish R. Shanbhag        
Manish R. Shanbhag
Chief Legal Officer

Dated: January 31, 2018