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 1, 2018

 

 

HUBBELL INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

CONNECTICUT		1-2958		06-0397030
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

40 Waterview Drive Shelton, Connecticut		06484
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (475) 882-4000

N/A

(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:

 

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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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-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company   ☐

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.   ☐

 

 

 

 

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

On May 1, 2018, Hubbell Incorporated (the “Company”) held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The following are the voting results on the three proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, all of which were described in the Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2018 in connection with the Annual Meeting.

PROPOSAL 1—Election of directors to serve until the annual meeting of shareholders of the Company in 2019 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified:

 

NOMINEE		AFFIRMATIVE VOTES		WITHHOLD VOTES		BROKER NON-VOTES
Carlos M. Cardoso		45,937,668		382,831		4,748,140
Anthony J. Guzzi		45,202,950		1,117,549		4,748,140
Neal J. Keating		45,484,700		835,799		4,748,140
John F. Malloy		45,913,527		406,972		4,748,140
Judith F. Marks		45,702,001		618,498		4,748,140
David G. Nord		45,214,602		1,105,897		4,748,140
John G. Russell		45,610,977		709,522		4,748,140
Steven R. Shawley		46,016,255		304,244		4,748,140
Richard J. Swift		38,363,407		7,957,092		4,748,140

PROPOSAL 2—The ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2018:

 

AFFIRMATIVE VOTES		NEGATIVE VOTES		ABSTAINED VOTES		BROKER NON-VOTES
50,593,323		450,214		25,102		—

PROPOSAL 3—Approval, by non-binding vote, of the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers (“Say on Pay”):

 

AFFIRMATIVE VOTES		NEGATIVE VOTES		ABSTAINED VOTES		BROKER NON-VOTES
44,947,768		1,052,289		320,442		4,748,140

Pursuant to the foregoing votes, the nine nominees listed above were elected to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors, and Proposals 2 and 3 were approved.

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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: May 3, 2018