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 26, 2016

 

 

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)

847-484-4400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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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 26, 2016.

(b) At the Annual Meeting, our stockholders (i) elected the persons listed below to serve as Class II directors for a term of three years expiring at the 2019 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 2016; and (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, 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 two Class II directors for a three-year term expiring at the 2019 Annual Meeting

 

Director Name		For				Against				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
Susan S. Kilsby			124,628,609				627,273				235,133				13,520,437
Christopher J. Klein			124,835,887				341,457				313,671				13,520,437

 

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 2016

 

For		Against				Abstain
138,603,091			227,945				180,416

 

Item 3:

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

 

For		Against				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
122,556,108			2,544,214				390,693				13,520,437

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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.

 

Date: April 28, 2016