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): July 27, 2017
| REXNORD CORPORATION |
| (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) |
| Delaware | 001-35475 | 20-5197013 |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
247 Freshwater Way, Suite 300 Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Address of principal executive offices) | 53204 (Zip Code) |
(414) 643-3739
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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(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.
Rexnord Corporation (the “Company”) held its Fiscal 2018 Annual Meeting on July 27, 2017. The Company’s stockholders: (i) elected three directors to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve for three-year terms expiring at the Annual Meeting in fiscal 2021; and (ii) ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2018. There were 103,716,778 outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock eligible to vote as of May 30, 2017, the record date for the Fiscal 2018 Annual Meeting.
The directors elected to the Company’s Board for terms expiring at the Annual Meeting in fiscal 2021, as well as the number of votes cast for, votes withheld and broker non-votes with respect to each of these individuals, are set forth below:
| Director | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Thomas D. Christopoul | 95,871,438 | 4,169,904 | 1,328,433 | |||
| Paul W. Jones | 93,812,872 | 6,228,470 | 1,328,433 | |||
| John S. Stroup | 97,329,204 | 2,712,138 | 1,328,433 | |||
The terms of office for the following directors continue until the Annual Meeting in the fiscal year set forth below:
| Director | Term | Director | Term | |||
| Todd A. Adams | 2019 | Mark S. Bartlett | 2020 | |||
| Theodore D. Crandall | 2019 | David C. Longren | 2020 | |||
| Robin A. Walker-Lee | 2019 | George C. Moore | 2020 | |||
| John M. Stropki | 2020 | |||||
The proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2018 received the following votes:
| Votes for approval: | 99,334,331 | ||
| Votes against: | 1,446,817 | ||
| Abstentions: | 588,626 | ||
| Broker Non-Votes: | 0 | ||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rexnord Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized this 28th day of July, 2017.
| REXNORD CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /S/ Patricia M. Whaley | |
| Name: | Patricia M. Whaley | |
| Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |