UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
June 14, 2017 (June 8, 2017)
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)
ROPER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION)
| 1-12273 | 51-0263969 | |
| (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER) | (IRS EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.) | |
| 6901 PROFESSIONAL PKWY EAST, SUITE 200, SARASOTA, FLORIDA | 34240 | |
| (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) | (ZIP CODE) | |
(941) 556-2601
(REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
(FORMER NAME OR ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
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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-2of this chapter).
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Roper Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 8, 2017 in Cincinnati, Ohio (the “Annual Meeting”). A brief description of each of the proposals submitted to the shareholders and the vote results are set forth below. Each director nominee was elected and all of the proposals passed.
Proposal 1: Election of directors.
Each of the director nominees identified below was elected at the Annual Meeting for a one-year term expiring at the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.
For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
Amy Woods Brinkley | 89,997,192 | 115,008 | 3,305,710 | |||
John F. Fort III | 88,695,627 | 1,416,573 | 3,305,710 | |||
Brian D. Jellison | 86,841,463 | 3,270,737 | 3,305,710 | |||
Robert D. Johnson | 89,611,665 | 500,535 | 3,305,710 | |||
Robert E. Knowling, Jr. | 89,881,798 | 230,402 | 3,305,710 | |||
Wilbur J. Prezzano | 88,371,391 | 1,740,809 | 3,305,710 | |||
Laura G. Thatcher | 89,921,514 | 190,686 | 3,305,710 | |||
Richard F. Wallman | 79,556,043 | 10,556,157 | 3,305,710 | |||
Christopher Wright | 88,294,892 | 1,817,308 | 3,305,710 |
Proposal 2: A non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and the related materials disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement.
For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
85,583,905 | 3,250,869 | 1,277,426 | 3,305,710 |
Proposal 3: A non-binding advisory vote to approve the frequency of the shareholder vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
1 Year | 2 Years | 3 Years | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
79,689,932 | 139,676 | 9,197,782 | 1,084,810 | 3,305,710 |
Accordingly, in light of this result and other factors considered by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), the Board determined that the Company will hold any future required shareholder votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers annually until the next required shareholder vote on the frequency of future shareholder votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, which under existing SEC requirements will be no later than the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Proposal 4: Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017.
For | Against | Abstentions | ||
92,511,149 | 871,638 | 35,123 |
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.
| ROPER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||||
| (Registrant) | ||||
Date: June 14, 2017 | By: | /s/ John K. Stipancich | ||
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| John K. Stipancich | ||||
| Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||