Form 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): April 16, 2012

 

 

A. O. Smith Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-475   39-0619790

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

11270 West Park Place, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53224-9508

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(414) 359-4000

(Registrant’s telephone number)

 

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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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 April 16, 2012 for the purposes of the election of the Company’s Board of Directors, to hold an advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers, to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012, and to approve the performance goals and related matters under the A. O. Smith Combined Incentive Compensation Plan.

The voting results for the election of the Company’s Board of Directors were as follows:

 

Class A Common Stock

          Authority      Broker
 

Directors

   For      Withheld      Non-Vote  

Ronald D. Brown

     5,861,410         3,609         0   

Paul W. Jones

     5,865,004         15         0   

Ajita G. Rajendra

     5,865,004         15         0   

Mathias F. Sandoval

     5,865,004         15         0   

Bruce M. Smith

     5,865,004         15         0   

Mark D. Smith

     5,865,004         15         0   

 

Common Stock

          Authority      Broker
 

Directors

   For      Withheld      Non-Vote  

Gloster B. Current, Jr.

     33,035,311         596,252         3,028,585   

William P. Greubel

     32,142,534         1,489,029         3,028,585   

Idelle K. Wolf

     33,059,962         571,601         3,028,585   

Gene C. Wulf

     33,021,013         610,550         3,028,585   

The advisory voting results for the approval of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers were as follows:

 

     Total Votes  

For

     7,969,009   

Against

     1,198,427   

Abstain

     60,740   

Broker Non-Votes

     302,859   

 

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The voting results to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 were as follows:

 

     Total Votes  

For

     9,378,648   

Against

     150,944   

Abstain

     1,442   

Broker Non-Votes

     0   

The voting results for the approval of the performance goals and related matters under the A. O. Smith Combined Incentive Compensation Plan were as follows:

 

     Total Votes  

For

     9,066,196   

Against

     102,672   

Abstain

     59,308   

Broker Non-Votes

     302,859   

 

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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.

 

    A. O. SMITH CORPORATION
Date: April 17, 2012     By:   /s/ James F. Stern
      James F. Stern
     

Executive Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary

 

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