UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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) April 30, 2015

 

 

CORNING INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New York		1-3247		16-0393470
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

One Riverfront Plaza, Corning, New York		14831
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(607) 974-9000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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)

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

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Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a) Corning Incorporated (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders on April 30, 2015.

(b) The shareholders elected all of the Company’s nominees for director; ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for 2015; and approved our named executives’ compensation. The shareholders did not approve the Holy Land Principles, Inc. shareholder proposal.

 

1.	Election of Directors:

 

		Name		Shares For				Shares Against				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
		Donald W. Blair			925,539,155				6,426,191				3,187,113				177,807,601
		Stephanie A. Burns			736,805,615				195,233,771				3,112,647				177,807,601
		John A. Canning, Jr.			918,959,421				12,948,525				3,244,513				177,807,601
		Richard T. Clark			881,080,119				50,847,471				3,224,443				177,807,601
		Robert F. Cummings, Jr.			589,038,934				342,856,797				3,256,726				177,807,601
		James B. Flaws			831,960,578				100,083,854				3,107,791				177,807,601
		Deborah A. Henretta			921,466,119				10,561,076				3,125,264				177,807,601
		Daniel P. Huttenlocher			919,541,242				12,374,350				3,236,866				177,807,601
		Kurt M. Landgraf			924,022,836				7,920,072				3,209,550				177,807,601
		Kevin J. Martin			919,352,138				12,560,581				3,239,740				177,807,601
		Deborah D. Rieman			913,543,670				18,432,740				3,175,994				177,807,601
		Hansel E. Tookes II			907,380,305				24,524,406				3,247,747				177,807,601
		Wendell P. Weeks			893,163,083				35,663,817				6,324,358				177,807,601
		Mark S. Wrighton			921,838,885				10,153,144				3,160,429				177,807,601
				Shares For				Shares Against				Abstain
2.		Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2015			1,092,074,442				17,436,670				3,448,948
				Shares For				Shares Against				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
3.		Advisory Approval of our Named Executive Officers’ Compensation			892,516,187				35,929,508				6,706,764				177,807,601
				Shares For				Shares Against				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
4.		Shareholder Proposal - Holy Land Principles, Inc.			25,094,212				869,612,490				40,445,867				177,807,601

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 4, 2015

 

		CORNING INCORPORATED
		By:		/s/ Linda E. Jolly
				Vice President and Corporate Secretary