0000814453-13-000044.txt : 20130508 0000814453-13-000044.hdr.sgml : 20130508 20130508125823 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000814453-13-000044 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130507 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20130508 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130508 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000814453 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PLASTICS PRODUCTS, NEC [3089] IRS NUMBER: 363514169 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09608 FILM NUMBER: 13823621 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: THREE GLENLAKE PARKWAY CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30328 BUSINESS PHONE: 770-418-7000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: THREE GLENLAKE PARKWAY CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30328 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NEWELL CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NEW NEWELL CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19870713 8-K 1 a8-kmay72013stockholdermee.htm 8-K 8-KMay72013stockholdermeetingresults

 
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 7, 2013
NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
1-9608
 
36-3514169
(State or Other Jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)
 
 
 
3 Glenlake Parkway
 
 
Atlanta, Georgia
 
30328
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
 
 
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (770) 418-7000
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Item 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 7, 2013. For more information on the proposals presented at the meeting, see the Proxy Statement, the relevant portions of which are incorporated herein by reference.

The stockholders elected each of the five nominees to the Board of Directors for a one-year term by a majority of the votes cast:

Director
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
Scott S. Cowen
225,605,500
5,823,418
371,324
20,143,917
Cynthia A. Montgomery
227,425,790
4,029,127
345,325
20,143,917
Jose Ignacio Perez-Lizaur
229,383,083
2,056,355
360,804
20,143,917
Michael B. Polk
228,453,546
3,051,547
295,149
20,143,917
Michael A. Todman
227,938,025
3,506,109
356,108
20,143,917


The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Company for the year 2013:

For
249,139,025
Against
2,304,495
Abstain
500,639
Broker Non-Votes
0

The stockholders approved the Newell Rubbermaid Inc. 2013 Incentive Plan:

For
192,391,300
Against
38,926,814
Abstain
482,128
Broker Non-Votes
20,143,917

The stockholders approved the advisory resolution approving executive compensation:

For
223,560,327
Against
7,422,804
Abstain
817,111
Broker Non-Votes
20,143,917


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.

Date: May 8, 2013            NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC.

By:    /s/ John K. Stipancich        
John K. Stipancich
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary and Executive
Leader EMEA