Form 8-K

 

 

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 23, 2012

 

 

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-35166   62-1411546
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

520 Lake Cook Road

Deerfield, IL 60015

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) 847-484-4400

 

 

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

(a) Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 23, 2012.

(b) At the Annual Meeting, our stockholders (i) elected the persons listed below to serve as Class I directors for a term of three years expiring at the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (ii) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2012; (iii) voted to recommend that the Board of Directors hold an annual advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation; and (iv) approved the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. Set forth below are the voting results for each of these proposals:

Item 1:     The election of three Class I directors for a three-year term expiring at the 2015 Annual Meeting

 

Director Name

   For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Votes
 

Ann F. Hackett

     112,230,232         13,719,730         304,636         14,170,694   

John G. Morikis

     122,712,761         3,225,780         316,057         14,170,694   

Ronald V. Waters, III

     112,507,711         13,416,956         329,931         14,170,694   

 

  Item 2: The ratification of the appointment by the Company’s Audit Committee of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2012

 

For

   Against      Abstain  

139,812,300

     295,440         317,552   

Item 3:     An advisory vote on the frequency of voting on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers

 

One Year

   Two Years      Three Years      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

111,776,011

     734,832         10,142,213         3,601,542         14,170,694   

Item 4:     An advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers

 

For

   Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

120,057,276

     2,259,552         3,937,770         14,170,694   

(d) In line with the recommendation from the Company’s stockholders, the Company will provide an advisory vote on executive compensation on an annual basis at least until the next advisory vote on the frequency of voting on executive compensation, which will occur no later than our Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2018.


SIGNATURE

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.

 

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.

                (Registrant)

By:   /s/ Lauren S. Tashma
  Name:  Lauren S. Tashma
  Title:  Senior Vice President, General Counsel
            and Secretary

Date: April 27, 2012