8-K 1 form8-k2019.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):  May 17, 2019

CTS CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 
 
 
Indiana
1-4639
35-0225010
(State or other jurisdiction  of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(1.R.S. Employer Identification No)


 
 
4925 Indiana Avenue
 
Lisle, IL
60532
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (630) 577-8800

Not Applicable
(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.

The Company held its Annual Meeting on May 16, 2019. At the Annual Meeting, all proposals were approved. The proposals below are described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed April 4, 2019 for the Annual Meeting. The final results were as follows:

PROPOSAL 1 - Election of seven directors until the next annual meeting of shareholders:
DIRECTOR NOMINEE
 
NUMBER OF VOTES FOR
PERCENTAGE OF VOTES FOR
NUMBER OF VOTES WITHHELD
PERCENTAGE OF VOTES WITHHELD
Patrica K. Collawn
 
29,017,982
98.64%
399,126
1.36%
Gordon Hunter
 
29,328,222
99.70%
88,886
0.30%
William S. Johnson
 
29,244,627
99.41%
172,481
0.59%
Diana M. Murphy
 
29,241,142
99.40%
175,966
0.60%
Kieran O'Sullivan
 
28,837,045
98.03%
580,063
1.97%
Robert A. Profusek
 
29,144,566
99.07%
272,542
0.93%
Alfonso G. Zulueta
 
29,332,145
99.71%
84,963
0.29%


PROPOSAL 2 - Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement:
NUMBER OF VOTES FOR
 
PERCENTAGE OF VOTES FOR
NUMBER OF VOTES AGAINST
PERCENTAGE OF VOTES AGAINST
28,731,756
 
97.90%
616,877
2.10%
    

PROPOSAL 3 - Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2019:
NUMBER OF VOTES FOR
 
PERCENTAGE OF VOTES FOR
NUMBER OF VOTES AGAINST
PERCENTAGE OF VOTES AGAINST
30,168,761
 
99.40%
180,894
0.60%


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.

 
 
CTS CORPORATION
 
 
 
Date: May 17, 2019
By:
/s/ Luis F. Machado
 
 
Luis F. Machado
 
 
Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary