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): February 24, 2016

HILLENBRAND, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Indiana
 
1-33794
 
26-1342272
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

One Batesville Boulevard
Batesville, Indiana
 

47006
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (812) 934-7500

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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

The Company held its annual meeting of shareholders on February 24, 2016. Matters voted upon at the meeting were as follows:

(1)    the election of four members to the Company’s Board of Directors;

(2)
the approval, by a non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation paid by the Company to its named executive officers; and

(3)
the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2016.

The final results of the votes taken at the meeting were as follows:
Proposal 1: Election of four members to the Company’s Board of Directors for terms
expiring in 2019:
 
 
 
 
 
Director’s Name
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Percentage of Votes Cast In Favor
 
 
 
 
 
Gary L. Collar
53,086,671
98,736
4,981,724
99.81%
Mark C. DeLuzio
52,925,634
259,773
4,981,724
99.51%
Joy M. Greenway
52,999,645
185,762
4,981,724
99.65%
F. Joseph Loughrey
51,694,065
1,491,342
4,981,724
97.20%

Proposal 2: Approval, by a non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation paid by the Company to its Named Executive Officers:
 
 
 
 
 
Votes For
Votes Against
Votes Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
Percentage of Votes Cast in Favor
 
 
 
 
 
51,196,286
1,904,599
84,522
4,981,724
96.26%


Proposal 3: Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2016:
 
 
 
 
 
Votes For
Votes Against
Votes Abstained
Percentage of Votes Cast in Favor
 
 
 
 
 
 
57,602,214
529,605
35,312
99.02%
 


                
                                            




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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.

 
HILLENBRAND, INC.
 
 
 
Date: February 25, 2016
 
 
 
BY:
/s/ Nicholas R. Farrell
 
 
Nicholas R. Farrell
 
 
Vice President,
 
 
General Counsel and Secretary


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