UNITED STATES

 

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): October 23, 2018

 

 

STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 

1-7233

 

31-0596149

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

11 Keewaydin Drive, Salem, New Hampshire

 

03079

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (603) 893-9701

 

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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Standex International Corporation

 

SECTION 5

 

ITEM 5.02DEPARTING DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS TO CERTAIN OFFICERS 

 

At the 2018 Annual Meeting on October 23, 2018, the Company’s shareholders approved the 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan (“OIP”), a summary of which can be found in the Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on September 12, 2018.  A copy of the full OIP is attached as Exhibit 99 to this 8K.

 

On October 23, 2018 Gerald H. Fickenscher retired as a member of the Board of Directors after fourteen years of service due to our mandatory director retirement age.

 

 

ITEM 5.07 a and bSUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS 

 

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on October 23, 2018.  The number of common shares represented at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders was 11,914,912.  The stockholders voted on the following proposals:

 

Proposal I - Election of Directors to:

 

three-year terms ending on the date of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2021:

 

NomineeForWithheldNon-Vote 

 

Charles H. Cannon, Jr.11,227,13534,099512,899 

Jeffrey S. Edwards11,258,85536,743512,899 

B. Joanne Edwards11,349,66432,102512,899 

 

 

Proposal II  -  Approval of the 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan to replace the 2008 Long Term Incentive Plan, which was amended and restated in 2011;

 

For10,585,151 

Against808,299 

Abstain8,562 

Non-Vote512,899 


Proposal III – Advisory vote on the total compensation paid to the named executive officers of the Company:

 

For11,165,264 

Against198,058 

Abstain38,689 

Non-Vote512,899 

 

Proposal IV –  Ratification of appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as Independent Public Accountants of the Company for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019:

 

For11,862,719 

Against11,894 

Abstain40,298 

 

SECTION  9 -  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

ITEM 9.01  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(c)Exhibits – The following exhibit is provided as part of the information furnished under Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. 

 

Exhibit No.Description 

 

992018 Omnibus Incentive Plan 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

(Registrant)

 

 /s/ Thomas DeByle

 

 

 

 

Thomas DeByle

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date:  October 29, 2018

 

 

Signing on behalf of the registrant and as principal financial officer