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): July 18, 2018

 

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

1-7201

33-0379007

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

     

1 AVX Boulevard

   

Fountain Inn, South Carolina

 

29644

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

     

(864) 967-2150

(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:

 

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

 

 

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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 (§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. ☐

 

 

 

 

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

 

On July 18, 2018, AVX Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders in New York, New York.

 

The shareholders elected all of the Company’s nominees for director and ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019.

 

The results of the votes of shareholders on each matter presented at the annual meeting are as follows:

 

1.

Election of Directors:

 

Election of the following persons, each to serve as a Class II Director for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2021:

             
   

Number of Votes

   

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker
Non-Votes

John Sarvis

 

147,132,281

  16,307,478  

2,472,179

Goro Yamaguchi

  140,046,447  

23,393,312

 

2,472,179

Joseph Stach

 

160,164,871

 

3,274,888

 

2,472,179

 

 

2.

With respect to the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as the Company’s independent accountants for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019:

 

 

Number of Votes

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

165,380,838

 

505,263

  25,837  

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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.

 

 

Date: July 19, 2018

 

AVX CORPORATION

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Hufnagel

   

Name:

Michael Hufnagel

Title:

Senior Vice President,

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

and Treasurer