Form 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) April 19, 2012

 

 

PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Pennsylvania   001-1687   25-0730780

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

One PPG Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   15272
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (412) 434-3131

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:

 

¨ 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)

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of PPG Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on April 19, 2012. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on the following matters:

 

1. The four nominees for director were elected to serve three-year terms ending in 2015 as follows:

 

Nominees

    Votes For      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Charles E. Bunch

      99,022,685         4,016,938         19,240,187   

Robert Ripp

      100,305,098         2,734,525         19,240,187   

Thomas J. Usher

      99,008,880         4,030,743         19,240,187   

David R. Whitwam

      99,103,377         3,936,246         19,240,187   

The following directors did not stand for re-election at the Annual Meeting (the year in which each director’s term expires is indicated in parenthesis): James G. Berges (2013), Victoria F. Haynes (2013), Martin H. Richenhagen (2013), Stephen F. Angel (2014), Hugh Grant (2014), Michele J. Hooper (2014) and Robert Mehrabian (2014).

 

2. The proposal to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved as follows:

 

Votes For    Votes Against    Votes Abstained    Broker Non-Votes
97,123,092    5,464,655    450,717    19,241,346

 

3. By the following vote, the shareholders did not approve the proposal (which required the affirmative vote of 80 percent of the Company’s outstanding shares) to amend the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to provide for the annual election of directors:

 

Votes For    Votes Against    Votes Abstained    Broker Non-Votes
102,459,427    409,435    170,917    19,240,031

 

4. The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2012 was approved as follows:

 

Votes For    Votes Against    Votes Abstained
120,345,581    1,772,556    161,673

There were no broker non-votes with respect to this matter.

As of the record date of the Annual Meeting, 152,584,272 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding.

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

    PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.
   

(Registrant)

Date: April 25, 2012    

/s/ Charles E. Bunch

    Charles E. Bunch
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer