0001299933-11-002551.txt : 20110817 0001299933-11-002551.hdr.sgml : 20110817 20110817162126 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001299933-11-002551 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110429 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20110817 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110817 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FERRO CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000035214 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PAINTS, VARNISHES, LACQUERS, ENAMELS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2851] IRS NUMBER: 340217820 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-00584 FILM NUMBER: 111042759 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1000 LAKESIDE AVE CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44114-1183 BUSINESS PHONE: 2166418580 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1000 LAKESIDE AVE CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44144-1147 8-K/A 1 htm_42712.htm LIVE FILING Ferro Corporation (Form: 8-K/A)  

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

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 29, 2011

Ferro Corporation
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Ohio 1-584 34-0217820
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
1000 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio   44114
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   216-641-8580

Not Applicable
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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:

[  ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Explanatory Note

Ferro Corporation (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on May 4, 2011 (the “Initial Filing”), to disclose that at its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on April 29, 2011, the Company’s shareholders indicated their preference for the advisory vote on executive compensation to be held annually, which was also the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company hereby amends its Initial Filing to disclose its decision to implement an annual frequency for the shareholders’ advisory vote on executive compensation. No other changes have been made to the Initial Filing.

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

The Company has determined that it will hold an advisory vote on executive compensation on an annual basis until the next required vote on the frequency of such advisory votes, or until the Board of Directors otherwise determines that a different frequency for such votes is in the best interests of the Company’s shareholders.

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.

         
    Ferro Corporation
          
August 17, 2011   By:   Thomas R. Miklich
       
        Name: Thomas R. Miklich
        Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer