8-K Shareholder Meeting 050715


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 7, 2015
 
COVANTA HOLDING CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
________________________________________________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
1-06732
 
95-6021257
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
445 South Street
Morristown, New Jersey
 
07960
 
 
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
 
 

(862) 345-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Covanta Holding Corporation (the “Company”) held on May 7, 2015, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following proposals:
1.
To elect eleven directors to serve a one-year term that will expire at the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Each director was elected with the votes cast as follows:
Directors
 
For
 
Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
David M. Barse
 
85,776,967

 
21,702,253

 
17,271,055

Ronald J. Broglio
 
105,479,693

 
1,999,527

 
17,271,055

Peter C.B. Bynoe
 
70,986,755

 
36,492,465

 
17,271,055

Linda J. Fisher
 
105,488,878

 
1,990,342

 
17,271,055

Joseph M. Holsten
 
86,116,013

 
21,363,207

 
17,271,055

Stephen J. Jones
 
104,730,073

 
2,749,147

 
17,271,055

Anthony J. Orlando
 
104,267,396

 
3,211,924

 
17,270,955

William C. Pate
 
86,119,381

 
21,359,839

 
17,271,055

Robert S. Silberman
 
103,552,952

 
3,926,268

 
17,271,055

Jean Smith
 
85,505,179

 
21,974,041

 
17,271,055

Samuel Zell
 
101,020,394

 
6,458,826

 
17,271,055

    
2.
To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accountants for the 2015 fiscal year.
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
123,740,951

 
932,246

 
77,078

 
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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 thereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 7, 2015


COVANTA HOLDING CORPORATION
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Timothy J. Simpson
Name:
 
Timothy J. Simpson
Title:
 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary