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 26, 2018
REXNORD CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 
 
 
Delaware
001-35475
20-5197013
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 

247 Freshwater Way, Suite 300
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Address of principal executive offices)
53204
(Zip Code)

(414) 643-3739
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
_______________________________________________________
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Rexnord Corporation (the “Company”) held its Fiscal 2019 Annual Meeting on July 26, 2018. The Company’s stockholders: (i) elected three directors to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve for three-year terms expiring at the Annual Meeting in fiscal 2022; (ii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy statement for the Fiscal 2019 Annual Meeting (the “Proxy Statement”); (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, the holding of future advisory votes to approve named executive officer compensation annually; and (iv) ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2019. There were 104,330,513 outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock eligible to vote as of May 29, 2018, the record date for the Fiscal 2019 Annual Meeting.
The directors elected to the Company’s Board for terms expiring at the Annual Meeting in fiscal 2022, as well as the number of votes cast for, votes withheld and broker non-votes with respect to each of these individuals, are set forth below:
Director
 
Votes For
 
Votes Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
Todd A. Adams
 
97,443,129
 
1,425,474
 
1,214,486
Theodore D. Crandall
 
98,558,388
 
310,215
 
1,214,486
Robin A. Walker-Lee
 
97,815,031
 
1,053,572
 
1,214,486
The terms of office for the following directors continue until the Annual Meeting in the fiscal year set forth below:
Director
 
Term
 
Director
 
Term
Mark S. Bartlett
 
2020
 
Thomas D. Christopoul
 
2021
David C. Longren
 
2020
 
Paul W. Jones
 
2021
George C. Moore
 
2020
 
John S. Stroup
 
2021
John M. Stropki
 
2020
 
 
 
 
The advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and “Executive Compensation” in the Proxy Statement, received the following votes:
Votes for approval:
 
86,154,361

Votes against:
 
12,513,844

Abstentions:
 
200,398

Broker Non-Votes:
 
1,214,486

The advisory vote related to the frequency of future advisory votes to approve named executive officer compensation received the following votes:
1 Year:
 
94,840,631

2 Years:
 
1,704

3 Years:
 
3,825,963

Abstentions:
 
200,305

Broker Non-Votes:
 
1,214,486

In accordance with the recommendation of the Company’s Compensation Committee, and based on the results of the advisory vote related to the frequency of future advisory votes to approve named executive officer compensation and other factors, the Company’s Board determined that it will hold future advisory votes to approve executive compensation annually until the next required stockholder vote on the frequency of these votes.
The proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2019 received the following votes:





Votes for approval:
 
98,829,136

Votes against:
 
1,054,260

Abstentions:
 
199,693

Broker Non-Votes:
 
0









SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rexnord Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized this 27th day of July, 2018.

 
 
REXNORD CORPORATION
 
 
 
By:
/S/    Patricia M. Whaley
Name: 
Patricia M. Whaley
 
Title:
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary