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) May 7, 2019

 

 

LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Missouri   001-07845   44-0324630

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

No. 1 Leggett Road,

Carthage, MO

  64836
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 417-358-8131

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

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 ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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  ☐

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.  ☐

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $.01 par value   LEG   New York Stock Exchange

 

 

 


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

The Company held its annual meeting of shareholders on May 7, 2019. In connection with this meeting, proxies were solicited pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Matters voted upon were (i) the election of eight directors; (ii) the ratification of the Audit Committee’s selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019; and (iii) an advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation as described in the Proxy Statement. The number of votes cast for and against, as well as abstentions and broker non-votes, with respect to each matter, as applicable, are set out below.

1. Proposal One: Election of Directors .  All eight nominees for director listed in the Proxy Statement were elected to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified, with the following vote:

 

DIRECTOR NOMINEE

   FOR      AGAINST      ABSTAIN      BROKER
NON-VOTE
 

Robert E. Brunner

     93,789,754        2,347,970        106,708        17,355,263  

R. Ted Enloe, III

     79,343,876        16,794,014        106,542        17,355,263  

Manuel A. Fernandez

     93,716,304        2,407,229        120,899        17,355,263  

Karl G. Glassman

     93,078,331        3,060,449        105,652        17,355,263  

Joseph W. McClanathan

     88,706,260        7,430,752        107,420        17,355,263  

Judy C. Odom

     81,308,045        14,836,691        99,696        17,355,263  

Srikanth Padmanabhan

     95,253,035        329,930        661,467        17,355,263  

Phoebe A. Wood

     88,356,124        7,784,531        103,777        17,355,263  

2. Proposal Two: Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm . The ratification of the Audit Committee’s selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 was approved with the following vote:

 

FOR

  

AGAINST

  

ABSTAIN

  

BROKER

NON-VOTE

111,792,857    1,684,542    122,296    N/A

3. Proposal Three: Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation .  The advisory vote to approve the Company’s named executive officer compensation package as described in the “Executive Compensation and Related Matters” section of the Company’s Proxy Statement (commonly known as “Say-on-Pay”) consisted of the following:

 

FOR

  

AGAINST

  

ABSTAIN

  

BROKER

NON-VOTE

88,443,497    6,980,103    820,682    17,355,413

 

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SIGNATURES

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.

 

    LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED
Date: May 9, 2019     By:  

/s/ S COTT S. D OUGLAS

      Scott S. Douglas
      Senior Vice President –
      General Counsel & Secretary

 

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