Current Report Filing (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): January 22, 2019

ACTUANT CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Wisconsin		1-11288		39-0168610
(State of jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

N86 W12500 WESTBROOK CROSSING

MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN 53051

 

Mailing address: P.O. Box 3241, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: [phone]

Former name or address, if changed since last report: Not applicable

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).

Emerging growth company     o

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 .  o

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

 

The 2019 Annual Meeting of the Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Actuant Corporation (the “Company”) was held January 22, 2019.  At the annual meeting, shareholders elected the following directors, to serve until the Company’s next annual meeting and until their successors are elected and qualified:

	Shares Voted in Favor of		Shares Withholding Authority		Broker Non-Votes
Alfredo Altavilla	56,258,040		478,976		1,000,186
Randal W. Baker	56,244,313		492,703		1,000,186
J. Palmer Clarkson	55,491,546		1,245,470		1,000,186
Danny L. Cunningham	56,000,454		736,562		1,000,186
E. James Ferland	55,276,878		1,460,138		1,000,186
Richard D. Holder	55,678,981		1,058,035		1,000,186
Sidney S. Simmons	55,491,211		1,245,805		1,000,186
Holly A. Van Deursen	55,069,446		1,667,570		1,000,186

The following reflects voting for matters other than the election of directors brought for vote at the Annual Meeting:

	Shares Voted in Favor of		Shares Voted Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditor	53,964,206		3,731,813		41,183		—
Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers	55,465,309		1,185,206		86,501		1,000,186

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

		ACTUANT CORPORATION
		(Registrant)
Date:  January 23, 2019	By:	/s/ Fabrizio Rasetti
		Fabrizio Rasetti
		Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary