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):
July 28, 2010

 

KEMET Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-20289

 

57-0923789

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

2835 KEMET Way
Simpsonville, SC

 

29681

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(864) 963-6300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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:

 

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act  (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

ITEM 5.07    SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

On July 28, 2010, KEMET Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  At the Annual Meeting, two proposals were voted upon by the Company’s stockholders.  The proposals are described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2010.  The following are the voting results for each matter submitted to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

 

1.                                       Election of Directors

 

The stockholders of the Company elected each of the director nominees proposed by the Company’s Board of Directors to serve three-year terms to expire in 2013 with the following vote:

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert G. Paul

 

24,843,945

 

1,064,150

 

64,227

 

38,918,494

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph D. Swann

 

24,831,345

 

1,076,550

 

64,427

 

38,918,494

 

 

2.                                       Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP

 

The stockholders of the Company ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

62,793,635

 

1,750,030

 

347,151

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

Dated: July 29, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KEMET CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ WILLIAM M. LOWE, JR.

 

 

William M. Lowe, Jr.

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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