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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) April 24, 2013
 
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Delaware
 
1-815
 
51-0014090
(State or Other Jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Of Incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)
 
1007 Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19898
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (302) 774-1000
 
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:
 
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

DuPont's Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on April 24, 2013. A total of 761,788,827 shares of common stock were voted in person or by proxy, representing 82.89 percent of the shares entitled to be voted. The following are the final voting results on proposals considered and voted upon at the meeting, all of which are described in the company's 2013 Proxy Statement.
 
1.    Election of Directors. The 11 nominees listed below were elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the ensuing year.
Director
For
Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
L. Andreotti
615,017,019
4,042,692
2,254,300
140,474,816
R. H. Brown
595,750,608
23,353,875
2,209,528
140,474,816
R. A. Brown
614,934,124
4,155,759
2,224,128
140,474,816
B. P. Collomb
614,925,892
4,142,164
2,245,955
140,474,816
C. J. Crawford
596,155,607
22,956,029
2,202,375
140,474,816
A. M. Cutler
588,565,961
30,393,746
2,354,304
140,474,816
E. I. du Pont
614,963,536
4,290,113
2,060,362
140,474,816
M. A. Hewson
602,255,301
16,921,672
2,137,038
140,474,816
L. D. Juliber
598,577,557
20,410,095
2,326,359
140,474,816
E. J. Kullman
599,758,327
17,842,108
3,713,576
140,474,816
L. M. Thomas
615,170,682
3,940,676
2,202,653
140,474,816

2.
Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
    
For
749,212,342

Against
10,024,470

Abstentions
2,552,015

Broker Non-Votes
—


The foregoing proposal was approved.
 
3.
Management proposal to approve, by advisory vote, executive compensation.
    
For
582,793,163

Against
32,684,291

Abstentions
5,836,557

Broker Non-Votes
140,474,816

 
The foregoing proposal was approved.
 
4.
Stockholder proposal requesting the Board of Directors adopt a policy that, whenever possible, the Chair of the Board of Directors be a director who has not previously served as an executive officer of the company.
    
For
208,354,798

Against
408,019,654

Abstentions
4,939,559

Broker Non-Votes
140,474,816


 The foregoing proposal was not approved.
 

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5.
Stockholder proposal requesting the Board of Directors prepare a report disclosing the Company's lobbying policy, procedures and payments.    
    
For
199,750,055

Against
398,067,260

Abstentions
23,496,696

Broker Non-Votes
140,474,816


     The foregoing proposal was not approved.

6.
Stockholder proposal requesting the Board of Directors review and report on the Company's internal controls related to potential adverse impacts associated with genetically modified organisms.
    
For
32,626,183

Against
549,018,317

Abstentions
39,669,511

Broker Non-Votes
140,474,816


     The foregoing proposal was not approved.

7.
Stockholder proposal requesting the Board of Directors prepare a report reviewing the compensation packages provided to senior executives of the company.
    
For
39,738,628

Against
557,259,718

Abstentions
24,315,665

Broker Non-Votes
140,474,816


     The foregoing proposal was not approved.






 



 


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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.
 
 
 
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Barry J. Niziolek
 
Barry J. Niziolek
 
Vice President and Controller
 
April 29, 2013

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