-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, An4YUfutvs1JnOxirdabgxtG1tftW4XMkdh0BDiXUBJEUFOiavTRrftLjIpSXck5 1tmcIrjmUoca+PZs5L6iiQ== 0000950123-11-004509.txt : 20110121 0000950123-11-004509.hdr.sgml : 20110121 20110121164348 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-11-004509 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110117 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20110121 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110121 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COMMERCIAL METALS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000022444 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES ROLLING MILLS (COKE OVENS) [3312] IRS NUMBER: 750725338 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04304 FILM NUMBER: 11541775 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6565 N. MACARTHUR BLVD., SUITE 800 STREET 2: P O BOX 1046 CITY: IRVING STATE: TX ZIP: 75039 BUSINESS PHONE: 2146894300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6565 N. MACARTHUR BLVD., SUITE 800 STREET 2: PO BOX 1046 CITY: IRVING STATE: TX ZIP: 75039 8-K 1 d79154e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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) January 21, 2011 (January 17, 2011)
Commercial Metals Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
     
1-4304   75-0725338
     
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
6565 N. MacArthur Blvd.    
Irving, Texas   75039
     
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
(214) 689-4300
 
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
 
(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):
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o   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.
On January 17, 2011, the following matters were voted upon and approved by Commercial Metals Company’s (the “Company”) stockholders at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders:
(1) The election of four persons to serve as directors until the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected;
(2) The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2011.
The following is a summary of the final voting results for each matter presented to the stockholders:
Election of Directors:
                         
Director’s Name   Votes For   Votes Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
 
                       
Robert L. Guido
    80,860,550       5,971,340       9,767,463  
Sarah E. Raiss
    80,540,938       6,290,952       9,767,463  
J. David Smith
    80,871,567       5,960,323       9,767,463  
Robert R. Womack
    78,316,486       8,515,404       9,767,463  
All four directors were elected to serve three-year terms expiring at the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:
         
Votes For   Votes Against   Votes Abstained
90,072,274
  1,595,845   4,931,234
Item 8.01   Other Events.
On January 21, 2011, the Company issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing the voting results of the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders, held January 17, 2011, in Irving, Texas, whereby the Company’s stockholders elected Robert L. Guido, Sarah E. Raiss, J. David Smith and Robert R. Womack as directors to serve until the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected.
The Press Release also announced the appointment of (i) Anthony A. Massaro as the Lead Director of the Board; (ii) Robert L. Guido as Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board; (iii) J. David Smith as Chair of the Compensation Committee of the Board; (iv) Richard B. Kelson as Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board; and (v) Rhys J. Best as Chair of the Finance Committee, each for a term to expire as of the date of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2012.

 


 

A copy of the Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The Press Release is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01, and the foregoing description of the Press Release is qualified in its entirety by reference to this exhibit.
Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)   Exhibits
 
      The following exhibit is furnished with this Form 8-K.
  99.1   Press Release dated January 21, 2011.

 


 

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.
         
  COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY
 
 
Date: January 21, 2011  By:   /s/ Ann J. Bruder    
    Name:   Ann J. Bruder   
    Title:   Senior Vice President of Law, Government Affairs and Global Compliance, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary   

 


 

         
EXHIBIT INDEX
         
Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
       
 
The following exhibit is furnished with this Form 8-K.
       
 
  99.1    
Press Release dated January 21, 2011

 

EX-99.1 2 d79154exv99w1.htm EX-99.1 exv99w1
Exhibit 99.1
COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY
REPORTS VOTING RESULTS OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
     Irving, TX — January 21, 2011 — Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) announced today the voting results of its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, held January 17, 2011, in Irving, Texas. The Company’s stockholders elected the following four directors to serve as directors until the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected:
    Robert L. Guido —Former Vice Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Ernst & Young’s Assurance and Advisory Practice; director of Bally Technologies, Inc.
 
    Sarah E. Raiss—Executive Vice President Corporate Services, Transcanada Corporation, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
 
    J. David Smith—Former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Euramax International, Inc.; Director of Nortek, Inc.
 
    Robert R. Womack -— Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Zurn Industries, Inc. and former Chief Executive of U.S. Industries Bath and Plumbing Products Group.
     The Stockholders also approved the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2011.
Additional Information Relating to the Board of Directors:
     The Company also announced that (i) Anthony A. Massaro has been appointed the Lead Director of the Board; (ii) Robert L. Guido has been appointed Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board; (iii) J. David Smith has been appointed Chair of the Compensation Committee of the Board; (iv) Richard B. Kelson has been appointed Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board; and (v) Rhys J. Best has been appointed Chair of the Finance Committee, each for a term to expire as of the date of the annual meeting of stockholders in 2012.
     Murray McClean, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer commented, “We welcome Sarah Raiss as a new Director; she will bring new expertise and focus to the Board. Dottie Owen, a long-serving Board member, retired at this meeting; on behalf of the Board, I extend my thanks to Dottie for her years of dedicated service to Commercial Metals Company. I look forward to working with the new chairmen of our Committees and our new Lead Director, Tony Massaro.”
     Commercial Metals Company and subsidiaries manufacture, recycle and market steel and metal products, related materials and services through a network including steel minimills, steel fabrication and processing plants, construction-related product warehouses, a copper tube mill, metal recycling facilities and marketing and distribution offices in the United States and in strategic international markets.
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Contact:   Debbie Okle
Director, Public Relations
214.689.4354
2011-1

 

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