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): January 30, 2017
Energizer Holdings, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Missouri (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | 1-36837 (Commission File Number) | 36-4802442 (IRS Employer Identification Number) |
533 Maryville University Drive St. Louis, Missouri 63141 (Address of principal executive offices) | ||
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (314) 985-2000 | ||
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Energizer Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at the Company’s World Headquarters on Monday, January 30, 2017. At the Annual Meeting, of the 61,933,991 shares outstanding and entitled to vote, 56,864,827 shares were represented, constituting a quorum. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting are as follow:
Proposal 1: Management’s nominees for director were elected to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2020 or until their respective successors are elected and qualified by the votes of the shareholders set forth in the table below:
Nominee | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
Cynthia J. Brinkley | 35,258,954 | 15,290,459 | 66,909 | 6,248,505 | ||||
John E. Klein | 50,027,386 | 515,311 | 73,625 | 6,248,505 | ||||
Proposal 2: The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2017 was ratified by the votes of the shareholders set forth in the table below:
For | Against | Abstain | ||
56,689,817 | 76,218 | 98,792 | ||
Proposal 3: The Company’s executive compensation, as described in the Company’s 2016 Proxy Statement, was approved by the non-binding advisory votes of the shareholders set forth in the table below:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
49,145,603 | 1,294,164 | 176,555 | 6,248,505 | |||
Proposal 4: The proposal to amend and restate the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to provide for the declassification of the Board of Directors, as described in the Company’s 2016 Proxy Statement, was approved by the votes of the shareholders set forth in the table below:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
50,387,807 | 108,660 | 119,855 | 6,248,505 | |||
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On January 30, 2017, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.275 per share on its Common Stock, payable on March 14, 2017 to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 21, 2017. A copy of the press release announcing the dividend declaration is
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attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01, including the attached exhibit, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor shall such information or exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Number | Description of Exhibit | |
99.1 | Press Release, dated January 30, 2017. | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/ Brian K. Hamm
Brian K. Hamm
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Dated: January 30, 2017
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number | Description of Exhibit | |
99.1 | Press Release, dated January 30, 2017. | |
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