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)
May 8, 2018
ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-20278 | 75-2274963 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 1329 Millwood Road | ||||
| McKinney, Texas | 75069 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (972) 562-9473
(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. |
The annual meeting of the stockholders of Encore Wire Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), was held at the Company’s corporate offices at 1329 Millwood Road, McKinney, Texas, 75069, at 9:00 a.m., local time, on May 8, 2018.
The board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) solicited proxies pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. There was no solicitation in opposition to the Board’s nominees for director as listed in the proxy statement, and all of such nominees were duly elected as reported below.
Out of a total of 20,844,148 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, 19,748,120.00 shares were present in person or by proxy, representing approximately 94.74% of the outstanding shares.
The first matter voted on by the stockholders, as fully described in the proxy statement for the annual meeting, was the election of directors. The following table presents the number of shares voted for and number of shares withheld from each nominee for director and the number of broker non-votes.
| Director Nominee |
Number of Votes Received |
Number Withheld | Broker Non- Votes |
|||||||||
| Donald E. Courtney |
17,056,667.00 | 942,245.00 | 1,749,208.00 | |||||||||
| Gregory J. Fisher |
16,423,658.00 | 1,575,254.00 | 1,749,208.00 | |||||||||
| Daniel L. Jones |
17,309,335.00 | 689,577.00 | 1,749,208.00 | |||||||||
| William R. Thomas III |
17,521,648.00 | 477,264.00 | 1,749,208.00 | |||||||||
| Scott D. Weaver |
17,510,330.00 | 488,582.00 | 1,749,208.00 | |||||||||
| John H. Wilson |
17,059,012.00 | 939,900.00 | 1,749,208.00 | |||||||||
The second matter voted on by the stockholders, as fully described in the proxy statement for the annual meeting, was a resolution to approve, in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The following table presents the number of shares voted for, against, and abstaining from such resolution and the number of broker non-votes.
| Number of Shares Voted FOR the Resolution |
Number of Shares Voted AGAINST the Resolution |
Number of Shares ABSTAINING FROM the Resolution |
Broker Non- Votes | |||
| 17,557,805.00 |
372,956.00 | 68,151.00 | 1,749,208.00 |
The third matter voted on by the stockholders, as fully described in the proxy statement for the annual meeting, was a resolution to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the auditor of the Company’s financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2018. The following table presents the number of shares voted for, against, and abstaining from such resolution and the number of broker non-votes.
| Number of Shares Voted FOR the Resolution |
Number of Shares Voted AGAINST the Resolution |
Number of Shares ABSTAINING FROM the Resolution |
Broker Non- Votes | |||
| 19,581,997.00 |
154,197.00 | 11,926.00 | 0.00 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: May 14, 2018 | By: | /s/ FRANK J. BILBAN | ||||
| Frank J. Bilban, Vice President – Finance, | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and | ||||||
| Secretary | ||||||