DD 4.25.12 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 25, 2012
 
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Delaware
 
1-815
 
51-0014090
(State or Other Jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Of Incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)
 
1007 Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19898
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (302) 774-1000
 
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:
 
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

DuPont's Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on April 25, 2012. A total of 770,722,160 shares of common stock was voted in person or by proxy, representing 82.43 percent of the shares entitled to be voted. The following are the final voting results on proposals considered and voted upon at the meeting, all of which are described in the company's 2012 Proxy Statement.
 
1.    Election of Directors. The 11 nominees listed below were elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the ensuing year.
Director
For
Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
L. Andreotti
614,528,306

4,721,261

1,507,976

149,964,617

R. H. Brown
596,660,831

22,531,826

1,564,886

149,964,617

R. A. Brown
615,328,943

3,905,172

1,523,428

149,964,617

B. P. Collomb
614,522,024

4,681,145

1,554,374

149,964,617

C. J. Crawford
591,371,200

27,817,504

1,568,839

149,964,617

A. M. Cutler
590,307,239

28,671,710

1,778,594

149,964,617

E. I. du Pont
615,139,081

4,209,627

1,408,835

149,964,617

M. A. Hewson
603,175,556

16,116,671

1,465,316

149,964,617

L. D. Juliber
597,676,154

21,606,054

1,475,335

149,964,617

E. J. Kullman
597,555,020

21,710,888

1,491,635

149,964,617

L. M. Thomas
614,740,973

4,501,007

1,515,563

149,964,617


2.
Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
    
For
758,523,632

Against
10,264,376

Abstentions
1,934,152

Broker Non-Votes
—


The foregoing proposal was approved.
 
3.
Management Proposal to approve, by advisory vote, executive compensation.
    
For
586,485,465

Against
28,857,067

Abstentions
5,415,011

Broker Non-Votes
149,964,617

 
The foregoing proposal was approved.
 

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4.
Stockholder proposal requesting the Board of Directors adopt a policy that, whenever possible, the Chair of the Board of Directors be an independent director (by the standard of the New York Stock Exchange) who has not previously served as an executive officer of the company.
    
For
264,892,965

Against
352,348,453

Abstentions
3,516,125

Broker Non-Votes
149,964,617


 The foregoing proposal was not approved.
 
5.
Stockholder proposal requesting the Board of Directors prepare a report reviewing the compensation packages provided to senior executives of the company.
    
For
42,770,729

Against
552,739,841

Abstentions
25,246,973

Broker Non-Votes
149,964,617


     The foregoing proposal was not approved.








 



 


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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.
 
 
 
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Barry J. Niziolek
 
Barry J. Niziolek
 
Vice President and Controller
 
May 1, 2012

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