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) April 28, 2016

 


 

CORNING INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

New York

 

1-3247

 

16-0393470

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

One Riverfront Plaza, Corning, New York

 

14831

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(607) 974-9000

(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.

 

(a)   Corning Incorporated (the “Corporation”) held its annual meeting of shareholders on April 28, 2016.

 

(b)   The Corporation’s shareholders elected all of the nominees for director; ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016; and approved the advisory vote on executive compensation.

 

1. Election of Directors:

 

Name

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

Donald W. Blair

 

785,185,305

 

2,646,233

 

1,497,112

 

170,135,851

 

Stephanie A. Burns

 

782,677,903

 

3,644,861

 

3,005,886

 

170,135,851

 

John A. Canning, Jr.

 

784,227,714

 

3,404,321

 

1,696,615

 

170,135,851

 

Richard T. Clark

 

783,735,110

 

3,949,805

 

1,643,735

 

170,135,851

 

Robert F. Cummings, Jr.

 

775,966,539

 

3,656,394

 

9,705,717

 

170,135,851

 

Deborah A. Henretta

 

784,582,962

 

3,246,290

 

1,499,398

 

170,135,851

 

Daniel P. Huttenlocher

 

785,231,348

 

2,543,997

 

1,553,305

 

170,135,851

 

Kurt M. Landgraf

 

783,565,751

 

4,088,502

 

1,674,397

 

170,135,851

 

Kevin J. Martin

 

784,966,535

 

2,622,813

 

1,739,302

 

170,135,851

 

Deborah D. Rieman

 

773,091,412

 

4,632,889

 

11,604,349

 

170,135,851

 

Hansel E. Tookes II

 

767,742,230

 

5,170,571

 

16,415,849

 

170,135,851

 

Wendell P. Weeks

 

741,832,918

 

12,812,622

 

34,683,110

 

170,135,851

 

Mark S. Wrighton

 

785,165,790

 

2,627,208

 

1,535,652

 

170,135,851

 

 

2. Ratifying the Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Corporation’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2016:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstain

 

 

 

945,698,815

 

11,721,644

 

2,044,042

 

 

 

 

3. Approving the Corporation’s Executive Compensation (an advisory, non-binding “Say on Pay” resolution):

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

745,765,204

 

37,915,832

 

5,647,614

 

170,135,851

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: April 29, 2016

 

 

 

CORNING INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Linda E. Jolly

 

 

Vice President and

 

 

Corporate Secretary

 

 

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