0001193125-11-269987.txt : 20111013 0001193125-11-269987.hdr.sgml : 20111013 20111013083528 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-269987 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111010 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20111013 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111013 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000017843 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES ROLLING MILLS (COKE OVENS) [3312] IRS NUMBER: 230458500 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05828 FILM NUMBER: 111138608 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD CITY: WYOMISSING STATE: PA ZIP: 19612 BUSINESS PHONE: 6102082000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 14662 CITY: READING STATE: PA ZIP: 19612-4662 8-K 1 d242906d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

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): October 10, 2011

 

 

CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-5828   23-0458500

(State of or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

I.D. No.)

P.O. Box 14662

Reading, Pennsylvania

   19612-4662
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(610) 208-2000

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)

 

¨ 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))

 

 

 

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

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Carpenter Technology Corporation (the “Company”) was held on October 10, 2011. The following matters were voted on by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting and the final voting results for each matter are provided below.

Proposal No. 1-Election of Two Directors. The following nominees were elected to the Board of Directors for a term expiring in 2014:

 

Nominee

    Votes For      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Robert R. McMaster

      37,934,664         1,529,057         2,348,663   

Gregory A. Pratt

      37,812,760         1,650,961         2,348,663   

Proposal No. 2-Approval of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The Company’s stockholders approved the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2012:

 

Votes For     Votes Against     Abstain  
  40,787,389        964,676        60,319   

Proposal No. 3-Approval of the Amended and Restated Stock-Based Incentive Compensation Plan for Officers and Key Employees. The Company’s stockholders approved the amended and restated Stock-Based Incentive Compensation Plan for Officers and Key Employees:

 

Votes For     Votes Against     Abstain     Broker Non-Votes  
  36,241,788        2,416,588        805,345        2,348,663   

Proposal No. 4-Approval of the Amended and Restated Executive Bonus Compensation Plan. The Company’s stockholders approved the amended and restated Executive Bonus Compensation Plan:

 

Votes For     Votes Against     Abstain     Broker Non-Votes  
  37,270,520        1,260,187        933,014        2,348,663   

Proposal No. 5-Approval of the compensation of the Company’s named officers, in an advisory vote. The Company’s stockholders approved the compensation of the Company’s named officers, in an advisory vote:

 

Votes For     Votes Against     Abstain     Broker Non-Votes  
  35,823,346        2,334,872        1,305,503        2,348,663   

Proposal No. 6-Approval of the frequency of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation, in an advisory vote. The Company’s stockholders approved the frequency of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation, in an advisory vote:

 

One Year     Two Years     Three Years     Abstain     Broker Non-Votes  
  34,461,959        295,118        3,411,870        1,294,774        2,348,663   

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.

 

CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By  

/s/ James D. Dee

 

James D. Dee

 

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Date: October 13, 2011