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): April 25, 2019
OLIN CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Virginia | 1-1070 | 13-1872319 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
190 Carondelet Plaza, Suite 1530 Clayton, MO (Address of principal executive offices) | 63105 (Zip Code) |
(314) 480-1400 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) |
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
(b)
Donald W. Bogus, a Class II Director of Olin Corporation’s (Registrant) Board of Directors and member of the Compensation Committee and Directors and Corporate Governance Committee, retired at the April 25, 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, pursuant to the director retirement policy in Registrant’s Principles of Corporate Governance.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On February 19, 2019, Registrant’s Board of Directors approved an amendment to Article II, Section 1 of Registrant’s Bylaws, such amendment to be effective April 25, 2019, to decrease the size of the Board from eleven to ten directors.
Attached as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated into this Item 5.03 by reference are the amended Bylaws.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a) and (b)
Registrant’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on April 25, 2019. Of the 164,887,238 shares of Common Stock entitled to vote at such meeting, 154,761,264 shares were present for purposes of a quorum. The voting results for each of the four proposals submitted for vote by Registrant’s shareholders are set forth below.
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
Proposal 1 - Election of directors | |||||||
Four Class I Directors were elected at the meeting, for a term of three years, as follows: | |||||||
C. Robert Bunch | 131,276,784 | 10,271,979 | 323,874 | 12,888,627 | |||
John M. B. O’Connor | 131,766,036 | 9,797,544 | 309,057 | 12,888,627 | |||
Scott M. Sutton | 132,749,098 | 8,805,980 | 317,559 | 12,888,627 | |||
William H. Weideman | 132,338,572 | 9,297,148 | 236,917 | 12,888,627 | |||
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||
Proposal 1 - Election of directors (cont.) | ||||||||
One Class II Director was elected at the meeting, for a term of one year, as follows: | ||||||||
Randall W. Larrimore | 130,703,276 | 10,415,908 | 753,453 | 12,888,627 | ||||
Proposal 2 - Conduct an advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation | 138,839,638 | 2,333,449 | 699,550 | 12,888,627 | ||||
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||
Proposal 3 - Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2019 | 152,612,304 | 1,803,363 | 345,597 |
(c) and (d)
Not applicable.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibit No. | Exhibit |
3.1 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
OLIN CORPORATION | |||
By: | /s/ Eric A. Blanchard | ||
Name: | Eric A. Blanchard | ||
Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Date: April 29, 2019