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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 18, 2018

CTS CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 
 
 
Indiana
1-4639
35-0225010
(State or other jurisdiction  of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(1.R.S. Employer Identification No)


 
 
4925 Indiana Avenue
 
Lisle, IL
60532
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (630) 577-8800

Not Applicable
(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 Company held the Annual Meeting on May 17, 2018. At the Annual Meeting, all proposals were approved. The proposals below are described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed April 5, 2018 for the Annual Meeting. The final results were as follows:

a)
To elect seven directors of the Board of Directors of the Company for a one-year term:

DIRECTOR NOMINEE
 
NUMBER OF VOTES FOR
PERCENTAGE OF VOTES FOR
NUMBER OF VOTES WITHHELD
PERCENTAGE OF VOTES WITHHELD
Patrica K. Collawn
 
29,444,948
99.24%
225,359
0.76%
Gordon Hunter
 
29,501,900
99.43%
168,407
0.57%
William S. Johnson
 
29,507,154
99.45%
163,153
0.55%
Diana M. Murphy
 
29,503,941
99.44%
166,366
0.56%
Kieran O'Sullivan
 
29,038,620
97.87%
631,687
2.13%
Robert A. Profusek
 
29,497,426
99.42%
172,881
0.58%
Alfonso G. Zulueta
 
29,508,109
99.45%
162,198
0.55%



b)
Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:


NUMBER OF VOTES FOR
 
PERCENTAGE OF VOTES FOR
NUMBER OF VOTES AGAINST
PERCENTAGE OF VOTES AGAINST
28,841,650
 
97.68%
686,101
2.32%

        

c)
Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for 2018:
    
        
NUMBER OF VOTES FOR
 
PERCENTAGE OF VOTES FOR
NUMBER OF VOTES AGAINST
PERCENTAGE OF VOTES AGAINST
30,562,613
 
99.14%
265,450
0.86%



d)
Approval of the CTS Corporation 2018 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan:


NUMBER OF VOTES FOR
 
PERCENTAGE OF VOTES FOR
NUMBER OF VOTES AGAINST
PERCENTAGE OF VOTES AGAINST
28,965,430
 
97.71%
679,879
2.29%

        






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.

 
 
CTS CORPORATION
 
 
 
Date: May 18, 2018
By:
/s/ Luis F. Machado
 
 
Luis F. Machado
 
 
Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary