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): May 9, 2013

 

 

C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Commission File Number: 000-23189

 

Delaware   41-1883630

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

14701 Charlson Road, Eden Prairie, MN 55347

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(952) 937-8500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensation Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 9, 2013, our shareholders voted to approve the C. H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”). (See also Item 5.07 below.) The 2013 Plan provides for the grant of stock option awards, SAR awards, restricted stock awards, stock unit awards and other stock-based awards to eligible recipients. Unless terminated earlier, the 2013 Plan will terminate on May 9, 2023. This summary of the 2013 Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2013 Plan, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein. A more detailed summary of the 2013 Plan can also be found in our proxy statement for the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2013.

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

The C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (the “Company”) 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on May 9 2013 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The number of outstanding shares on the record date for the 2013 Annual Meeting was 159,224,227. At the 2013 Annual Meeting, 138,117,213 shares, or approximately 86.7 percent of the outstanding shares, were represented in person or by proxy. At the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the shareholders of the Company: (1) elected each of the four director nominees set forth below to serve one-year terms, expiring at the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; (2) approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers; (3) approved the Company’s 2013 Equity Incentive Plan; and (4) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013. The results of the matters voted upon by the shareholders are as follows:

 

     Number of Shares  
                          Broker  
     For      Against      Abstain      Non-Vote  

Election of Directors

           

Scott P. Anderson

     108,314,899         4,242,418         670,513         24,889,383   

Mary J. Steele Guilfoile

     110,813,545         1,738,771         675,514         24,889,383   

Jodee A. Kozlak

     110,790,472         1,766,484         670,874         24,889,383   

Rebecca Koening Roloff

     107,113,826         5,443,991         670,013         24,889,383   

In addition, the terms of office of the following directors continued after the meeting: Robert Ezrilov, Wayne M. Fortun, and Brian P. Short serve in the class whose term expires in 2014; David W. MacLennan, James B. Stake, and John P. Wiehoff serve in the class whose term expires in 2015.

 

Approval, on a non-binding basis, of the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers

     108,325,345         4,098,398         804,087         24,889,383   

Approval of the Company’s 2013 Equity Incentive Plan

     101,174,432         11,078,877         974,521         24,889,383   

Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm

     135,969,278         1,445,585         702,350         —     

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

  10.1 C. H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan


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.

 

C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC.
By:  

/s/ Ben G. Campbell

 

Ben G. Campbell

Vice President, General Counsel and

Secretary

Date: May 14, 2013


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  

Manner of Filing

 
10.1    C. H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan      Filed Electronically