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 7, 2024
EMBECTA CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
001-41186
(Commission File Number) | | 87-1583942
(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
300 Kimball Drive, Parsippany, New Jersey
(Address of principal executive offices) | | 07054
(Zip Code) |
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (862) 401-0000 |
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report) |
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Title of each class | Trading symbol(s) | Name of each exchange
on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | EMBC | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq Global Select Market) |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Embecta Corp. (“embecta”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on February 7, 2024 (the “2024 Annual Meeting”). The final voting results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the 2024 Annual Meeting are as follows:
Proposal No. 1: All of the Board of Directors’ Class II nominees for director were elected to serve for a term of two years (until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders), by the votes set forth in the table below.
| Nominee | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote |
| Dr. Milton M. Morris | 46,537,216 | 89,283 | 42,161 | 5,070,312 |
| Dr. Claire Pomeroy | 45,921,180 | 706,169 | 41,311 | 5,070,312 |
| Karen N. Prange | 46,385,304 | 242,159 | 41,197 | 5,070,312 |
Proposal No. 2: The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as embecta’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 was ratified by the stockholders by the votes set forth in the table below.
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 51,579,075 | 96,703 | 63,194 | N/A |
Proposal No. 3: The stockholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of embecta’s named executive officers by the votes set forth in the table below.
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 46,011,161 | 586,124 | 71,375 | 5,070,312 |
Proposal No. 4: The stockholders approved an amendment to the Embecta Corp. 2022 Employee and Director Equity-Based Compensation Plan by the votes set forth in the table below.
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 42,462,787 | 4,138,521 | 67,352 | 5,070,312 |
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.
| Date: February 9, 2024 | EMBECTA CORP. |
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| | By: | /s/ Jeff Mann |
| | | Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Head of Business Development and Corporate Secretary |
