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

March 1, 2018

(Date of earliest event reported)

QUANEX BUILDING PRODUCTS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 713-961-4600

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:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company 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).

Emerging growth company  ☐

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.  ☐

On March 5, 2018, Quanex Building Products Corporation (the “Registrant”) issued a press release announcing its results of operations and financial condition for the fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2018. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

On March 1, 2018, the Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, pursuant to notice and proxy mailed on January 26, 2018, to the Company’s stockholders of record as of January 10, 2018. There were 35,070,482 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the meeting, and a total of 33,496,593 shares were represented at the meeting in person or by proxy.

At the Annual Meeting, four directors were elected for terms expiring at the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting, with the following tabulation of votes for each nominee:

In addition to the election of directors, stockholders at the Annual Meeting took the following actions:

The tabulation of votes for these proposals is set forth below:

On March 5, 2018, the Registrant issued a press release announcing that the Board had declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share of common stock, payable on March 29, 2018, to stockholders of record on March 15, 2018. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Exhibits

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.