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): May 10, 2018

 

 

EXPRESS SCRIPTS HOLDING COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   001-35490   45-2884094

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

One Express Way, St. Louis, MO   63121
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number including area code: 314-996-0900

No change since last report

(Former Name or 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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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).

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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.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Express Scripts Holding Company (the “Company”) held its 2018 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at the Company’s principal executive offices on Thursday, May 10, 2018. Of the 561,531,099 shares outstanding and entitled to vote, 498,417,216 shares were represented at the meeting, or an 88.8% quorum. The results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Proposal 1. Election of Directors. All of the nominees nominated by the Board of Directors for director were elected to serve until the next annual meeting or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below.

 

NOMINEE

   FOR      AGAINST      ABSTAIN      BROKER
NON-VOTES
 

Maura C. Breen

     428,093,055        18,605,800        462,939        51,255,422  

William J. DeLaney

     436,883,778        8,009,621        2,268,395        51,255,422  

Elder Granger, M.D., MG, USA (Retired)

     444,718,695        1,999,604        443,495        51,255,422  

Nicholas J. LaHowchic

     426,508,757        20,167,169        485,868        51,255,422  

Thomas P. Mac Mahon

     385,495,911        61,180,507        485,376        51,255,422  

Kathleen M. Mazzarella

     445,765,030        972,075        424,689        51,255,422  

Frank Mergenthaler

     436,205,929        10,476,987        478,878        51,255,422  

Woodrow A. Myers, Jr., M.D.

     432,658,340        14,052,050        451,404        51,255,422  

Roderick A. Palmore

     435,756,841        10,937,315        467,638        51,255,422  

George Paz

     430,579,274        16,114,448        468,072        51,255,422  

William L. Roper, M.D., MPH

     444,813,292        1,905,276        443,226        51,255,422  

Seymour Sternberg

     424,518,607        22,155,767        487,420        51,255,422  

Timothy Wentworth

     442,830,959        3,872,335        458,500        51,255,422  

Proposal 2. The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for 2018 was ratified by the stockholders, by the votes set forth in the table below.

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

488,457,878

  9,352,348   606,990

Proposal 3. The stockholders approved, on a non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, by the votes set forth in the table below.

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

395,187,921

  50,941,391   1,032,482   51,255,422

 

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Proposal 4. A stockholder proposal requesting the Company to report annually to the Board and stockholders identifying whether there exists a gender pay-gap among the Company’s employees and other related disclosures was rejected by the stockholders, by the vote set forth in the table below.

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

66,670,361

  374,415,080   6,076,353   51,255,422

Proposal 5. A stockholder proposal requesting the Board annually review and publicly report on its cyber risk was rejected by the stockholders, by the vote set forth in the table below.

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

130,082,145

  311,465,389   5,614,260   51,255,422

 

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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.

 

    EXPRESS SCRIPTS HOLDING COMPANY
Date: May 14, 2018     By:  

/s/ Martin P. Akins

     

Martin P. Akins

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

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