0001137411-17-000029.txt : 20170206 0001137411-17-000029.hdr.sgml : 20170206 20170206163809 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001137411-17-000029 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170206 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20170206 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170206 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ROCKWELL COLLINS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001137411 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AIRCRAFT PART & AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT, NEC [3728] IRS NUMBER: 522314475 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-16445 FILM NUMBER: 17576039 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 COLLINS ROAD NE CITY: CEDAR RAPIDS STATE: IA ZIP: 52498 BUSINESS PHONE: 3192951000 8-K 1 a8-k_222017.htm 8-K Document


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):
February 2, 2017


Rockwell Collins, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
001-16445
52-2314475
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
 
Identification No.)
 
 
 
400 Collins Rd NE
 
52498
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
 
(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive officers)
 
 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (319) 295-1000


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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the Company's 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareowners on February 2, 2017, of the 130,540,841 shares outstanding and entitled to vote, 114,149,069.416 shares were represented, constituting a quorum. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareowners at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Proposal No. 1: All of the nominees for director were elected to serve until the Company's 2020 Annual Meeting or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below:
Nominee
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
C.A. Davis
95,550,180.787

3,354,426.629

15,244,462

R.E. Eberhart
96,241,141.926

2,663,465.490

15,244,462

D. Lilley
94,515,201.419

4,389,405.997

15,244,462


Proposal No. 2: The shareowners approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of certain executive officers and related disclosures, by the votes set forth in the table below:

   For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
94,678,540.137

3,145,180.394

1,080,886.885

15,244,462


Proposal No. 3: The shareowners voted, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, for frequency of the holding of an advisory (non-binding) vote on executive compensation as set forth in the table below:

Annual
2 Years
3 Years
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
89,369,714.484

735,409.233

7,963,424.643

836,059.056

15,244,462


Proposal No. 4: The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2017 was ratified by the shareowners, by the votes set forth in the table below:

   For
Against
Abstain
112,151,390.62

1,480,915.397

516,763.399



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.


ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. (Registrant)

Dated: February 6, 2017
    
By:     /s/ Robert J. Perna    
Robert J. Perna
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary