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 22, 2010

 

 

LOGO

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-7724   39-0622040

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

2801 80th Street, Kenosha, WI 53143

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (262) 656-5200

 

 

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

Snap-on Incorporated (the “Company”) held its 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 22, 2010. The shareholders (i) elected four members of the Company’s Board of Directors, whose terms were up for re-election, to serve until the Annual Meeting in the year 2013; and (ii) ratified the Audit Committee’s selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for 2010. There were 57,762,581 outstanding shares eligible to vote as of February 22, 2010, the record date for the 2010 Annual Meeting.

The directors elected to the Company’s Board for terms expiring at the Annual Meeting in the year 2013, as well as the number of votes cast for, against, abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each of these individuals, are set forth below:

 

Director

   For    Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-votes

John F. Fiedler

   46,920,056    154,384    95,915    4,674,922

James P. Holden

   45,495,207    1,549,948    125,200    4,674,922

W. Dudley Lehman

   46,945,400    132,557    92,398    4,674,922

Edward H. Rensi

   43,660,656    3,411,929    97,770    4,674,922

The terms of office for the following directors continue until the Annual Meeting in the year set forth below:

 

Director

  

Term

       

Director

  

Term

Roxanne J. Decyk

   2011       Bruce S. Chelberg    2012

Nicholas T. Pinchuk

   2011       Karen L. Daniel    2012

Richard F. Teerlink

   2011       Nathan J. Jones    2012
         Arthur L. Kelly    2012

At the 2010 Annual Meeting, the proposal to ratify the Audit Committee’s selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for 2010 received the following votes:

Votes for approval: 48,822,254                    Votes against: 2,904,226                    Abstentions: 118,797

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SIGNATURES

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.

 

  SNAP-ON INCORPORATED
Date: April 23, 2010   By:  

/S/    IRWIN M. SHUR        

    Irwin M. Shur
    Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary