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): May 11, 2016

 

 

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-34521   20-1480589

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

71 South Wacker Drive, 12th Floor

Chicago, IL

  60606
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 750-1234

Former name or former address, if changed since last report: Not Applicable

 

 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ 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.

The Company’s 2016 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) was held on May 11, 2016. A summary of the matters voted on at the Annual Meeting by the Company’s stockholders is set forth below.

 

1. The Company’s stockholders elected each of the following directors to serve until the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified by the following votes:

 

NOMINEE

   FOR    WITHHELD    BROKER NON-VOTES

Mark S. Hoplamazian

   1,115,927,854    281,650    3,148,096

Cary D. McMillan

   1,115,916,091    293,413    3,148,096

Michael A. Rocca

   1,115,915,505    293,999    3,148,096

William Wrigley, Jr.

   1,115,927,160    282,344    3,148,096

 

2. The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2016 by the following votes:

 

FOR

   AGAINST    ABSTAIN    BROKER NON-VOTES
1,119,127,256    84,512    145,832    0

 

3. The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s compensation disclosure rules by the following votes:

 

FOR

   AGAINST    ABSTAIN    BROKER NON-VOTES
1,115,785,550    275,088    148,866    3,148,096


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.

 

    Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Date: May 12, 2016     By:  

/s/ Rena Hozore Reiss

      Name:   Rena Hozore Reiss
      Title:   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary