0001104659-14-007876.txt : 20140210 0001104659-14-007876.hdr.sgml : 20140210 20140210124917 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-14-007876 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140204 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20140210 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140210 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHASE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000830524 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC LIGHTING & WIRING EQUIPMENT [3640] IRS NUMBER: 111797126 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09852 FILM NUMBER: 14587315 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 26 SUMMER STREET CITY: BRIDGEWATER STATE: MA ZIP: 02324 BUSINESS PHONE: 5082791789 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 26 SUMMER ST CITY: BRIDGEWATER STATE: MA ZIP: 02324 8-K 1 a14-5243_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

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): February 4, 2014

 

Commission File Number: 1-9852

 

CHASE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Massachusetts

 

11-1797126

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation of
organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

26 Summer Street, Bridgewater, Massachusetts 02324

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

 

(508) 819-4200

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

N/A

(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:

 

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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

 

The 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Chase Corporation (the “Company”) was held on February 4, 2014.  The following proposals were voted on at the 2014 Annual Meeting.  Each proposal is more fully described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2014 Annual Meeting, as filed with the SEC on December 23, 2013.

 

Proposal 1 — For the election of nominees for the Board of Directors.  The seven nominees named in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement were elected as Directors, to serve until the 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, with the following votes:

 

Name of Director

 

In Favor

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Adam P. Chase

 

5,913,098

 

875,636

 

1,485,083

 

Peter R. Chase

 

6,004,176

 

784,558

 

1,485,083

 

Mary Claire Chase

 

5,855,679

 

933,055

 

1,485,083

 

Lewis P. Gack

 

6,580,965

 

207,769

 

1,485,083

 

George M. Hughes

 

5,257,292

 

1,531,442

 

1,485,083

 

Ronald Levy

 

6,426,939

 

361,795

 

1,485,083

 

Thomas Wroe, Jr.

 

6,431,383

 

357,351

 

1,485,083

 

 

Proposal 2 — For the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2014.  The proposal passed with the following votes:

 

In Favor

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

7,878,682

 

24,979

 

563,353

 

 

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Chase Corporation

 

 

 

Dated: February 10, 2014

By:

/s/ Kenneth L. Dumas

 

 

Kenneth L. Dumas

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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