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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): February 7, 2017

 

Commission File Number: 1-9852

 

CHASE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Massachusetts

 

11-1797126

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation of
organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

295 University Avenue, Westwood, Massachusetts 02090

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

 

(781) 332-0700

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

N/A

(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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

☐    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

 

The 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Chase Corporation was held on February 7, 2017.  The following proposals were voted on at the 2017 Annual Meeting.  Each proposal is more fully described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting, as filed with the SEC on December 22, 2016.

 

Proposal 1 — For the election of nominees for the Board of Directors.  The ten nominees named in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement were elected as Directors, to serve until the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, with the following votes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Director

 

 

In Favor

 

 

Votes Withheld

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Everett Chadwick, Jr.

 

 

7,457,118

 

 

91,247

 

 

1,193,168

 

Adam P. Chase

 

 

7,473,405

 

 

74,960

 

 

1,193,168

 

Peter R. Chase

 

 

7,463,682

 

 

84,683

 

 

1,193,168

 

Mary Claire Chase

 

 

7,467,465

 

 

80,900

 

 

1,193,168

 

John H. Derby III

 

 

7,475,778

 

 

72,587

 

 

1,193,168

 

Lewis P. Gack

 

 

6,425,488

 

 

1,122,877

 

 

1,193,168

 

George M. Hughes

 

 

5,340,767

 

 

2,207,598

 

 

1,193,168

 

Chad A. McDaniel

 

 

6,426,021

 

 

1,122,344

 

 

1,193,168

 

Dana Mohler-Faria

 

 

7,456,341

 

 

92,024

 

 

1,193,168

 

Thomas Wroe, Jr.

 

 

7,476,170

 

 

72,195

 

 

1,193,168

 

 

 

Proposal 2 — For the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2017.  The proposal passed with the following votes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Favor

 

 

Votes Against

 

 

Abstentions

 

8,676,661

 

 

14,771

 

 

50,101

 

 

 

 

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

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Chase Corporation

 

 

 

Dated: February 13, 2017

By:

/s/ Kenneth J. Feroldi

 

 

Kenneth J. Feroldi

 

 

Treasurer  and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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