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):

April 25, 2018

 

Newmont Mining Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-31240

(Commission File Number)

 

84-1611629

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

6363 South Fiddlers Green Circle, Greenwood Village, CO  80111

(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

 

(303) 863-7414

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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 o

 

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. o

 

 

 



 

ITEM 5.07                                  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

On April 25, 2018, Newmont Mining Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (“Newmont” or the “Company”) held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  The following matters were voted upon at the Annual Meeting: (1) the election of Directors; (2) the advisory vote on the compensation of the Named Executive Officers; and (3) the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2018.

 

All matters voted on at the Annual Meeting were approved. Abstentions are counted in tabulations of the votes cast on proposals presented to stockholders (except with respect to the Election of Directors, where abstentions are excluded).  The voting results were as follows:

 

Proposal #1 — Election of Directors

 

Name

 

Votes For

 

% of
votes
cast

 

Withheld
Votes

 

% of
votes
cast

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-
Votes

 

Gregory H. Boyce

 

376,666,473

 

99.80

 

758,950

 

0.20

 

1,751,793

 

33,060,359

 

Bruce R. Brook

 

377,311,469

 

99.88

 

442,743

 

0.12

 

1,423,004

 

33,060,359

 

J. Kofi Bucknor

 

376,678,855

 

99.77

 

870,629

 

0.23

 

1,627,732

 

33,060,359

 

Joseph A. Carrabba

 

355,891,907

 

98.64

 

4,897,834

 

1.36

 

18,387,475

 

33,060,359

 

Noreen Doyle

 

367,816,193

 

99.36

 

2,373,341

 

0.64

 

8,987,682

 

33,060,359

 

Gary J. Goldberg

 

377,250,265

 

99.86

 

541,439

 

0.14

 

1,385,512

 

33,060,359

 

Veronica M. Hagen

 

367,824,130

 

99.39

 

2,268,220

 

0.61

 

9,084,866

 

33,060,359

 

Sheri E. Hickok

 

378,032,401

 

99.83

 

632,222

 

0.17

 

512,593

 

33,060,359

 

René Médori

 

376,791,448

 

99.85

 

569,055

 

0.15

 

1,816,713

 

33,060,359

 

Jane Nelson

 

374,796,505

 

99.70

 

1,143,678

 

0.30

 

3,237,033

 

33,060,359

 

Julio M. Quintana

 

376,941,647

 

99.84

 

607,618

 

0.16

 

1,627,951

 

33,060,359

 

Molly P. Zhang

 

378,021,295

 

99.83

 

648,316

 

0.17

 

507,605

 

33,060,359

 

 

Proposal #2 — Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Named Executive Officers

 

 

 

 

 

% of votes cast
on the Proposal

 

Votes For

 

358,032,597

 

94.43

 

Votes Against

 

20,295,903

 

5.35

 

Abstentions

 

848,716

 

0.22

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

33,060,359

 

 

 

Proposal #3 - Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

 

 

% of votes cast
at the Annual Meeting

 

Votes For

 

410,039,349

 

99.47

 

Votes Against

 

1,377,116

 

0.33

 

Abstentions

 

821,110

 

0.20

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and 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.

 

 

By:

/s/ Logan Hennessey

 

Name:

Logan Hennessey

 

Title:

Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

Dated: April 27, 2018

 

 

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