Form 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): June 25, 2015

 

 

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-7677   73-1015226

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

16 South Pennsylvania Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma   73107
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (405) 235-4546

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

 

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

(a) On June 25, 2015, the Company held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2015 Annual Meeting”).

(b) Approximately 93.46% of the Company’s securities entitled to vote at the 2015 Annual Meeting were represented in person or by proxy. At the 2015 Annual Meeting, the stockholders (1) elected the two nominees listed in the Company’s proxy statement to serve on the Board of Directors for terms expiring in 2017, and elected the five nominees listed in the Company’s proxy statement to serve on the Board of Directors for terms expiring in 2018; (2) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015; and (3) approved, on an advisory basis, a resolution approving the 2014 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The final voting results for each of these matters are set forth below.

 

1. Election of Directors:

Election of Directors for Terms Expiring 2017

 

Nominee

   Number for
Votes For
     Number of Votes
Withheld
 

Louis S. Massimo

     20,636,894         249,322   

Andrew K. Mittag

     20,662,104         224,112   

Election of Directors for Terms Expiring 2018

 

Nominee

   Number for
Votes For
     Number of Votes
Withheld
 

Barry H. Golsen

     19,978,395         907,821   

Marran H. Ogilvie

     20,545,913         340,303   

Richard W. Roedel

     19,998,143         888,073   

Richard S. Sanders, Jr.

     20,698,331         187,885   

Lynn F. White

     20,662,157         224,059   

There were 1,196,371 broker non-votes with respect to each nominee.

 

2. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:

 

Number of Votes For:

     21,476,526   

Number of Votes Against:

     600,382   

Number of Votes Abstaining:

     5,679   

There were no broker non-votes on this matter.


3. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation:

 

Number of Votes For:

  20,441,386   

Number of Votes Against:

  424,710   

Number of Votes Abstaining:

  20,120   

There were 1,196,371 broker non-votes on this matter.

(c) On April 26, 2015, the Company entered into a settlement agreement (the “2015 Agreement”) with Starboard Value L.P. and certain of its affiliates. The terms of the 2015 Agreement were previously disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed April 30, 2015 (the “Proxy Statement”). The disclosure contained within the Proxy Statement is incorporated by reference herein.

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

99.1 Company’s definitive proxy statement, dated April 30, 2015, for the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the SEC on April 30, 2015, which is incorporated by reference herein.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: June 29, 2015

 

LSB INDUSTRIES, INC.
By:

/s/ Mark T. Behrman

Mark T. Behrman, Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer