UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 18, 2012

 

Rockwood Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-32609

 

52-2277366

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

100 Overlook Center, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
(Address of principal executive office)(Zip Code)

 

(609) 514-0300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(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)

 

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

 

At the annual meeting of stockholders of Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held on May 18, 2012, the Company’s stockholders (“Stockholders”) voted on the following proposals, the final voting results of which are described below:

 

(i)   The board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) nominated the following individuals to stand for election, and each nominee was elected by a plurality of the votes cast by shares entitled to vote in the election of directors at the meeting. Such directors shall serve until the 2015 annual meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

 

 

Number of

 

Number of Votes

 

Number of Broker

 

Nominee

 

Votes For

 

Withheld

 

Non-Votes

 

Nance K. Dicciani

 

66,675,203

 

791,495

 

5,049,621

 

J. Kent Masters

 

67,036,235

 

430,463

 

5,049,621

 

 

(ii)   The audit committee of the Board of Directors appointed the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 and submitted such appointment for ratification by the Stockholders. The Stockholders ratified, by a majority of the shares present in person or represented and entitled to vote on the matter, the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.

 

Number of

 

Number of

 

Number of Votes

 

Number of Broker

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstained

 

Non-Votes

 

72,345,476

 

154,859

 

15,984

 

0

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

ROCKWOOD HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael W. Valente

 

 

Name:

Michael W. Valente

 

 

Title:

Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

 

Dated: May 18, 2012

 

 

 

 

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