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 25, 2013

 

KEMET Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-15491
(Commission File Number)

 

57-0923789
(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 25, 2013, the Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  At the Annual Meeting, three 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, 2013.  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 2016 with the following vote:

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jacob Kotzubei

 

27,926,887

 

1,293,856

 

136,569

 

11,025,380

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert G. Paul

 

28,627,614

 

602,266

 

127,465

 

11,025,380

 

 

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, 2014 with the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39,662,386

 

226,907

 

493,432

 

 

 

3.                                      Advisory Approval of Compensation Paid to Named Executive Officers

 

The stockholders of the Company approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers with the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28,244,381

 

634,779

 

478,185

 

11,025,380

 

 

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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 26, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

KEMET CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William M. Lowe, Jr.

 

 

William M. Lowe, Jr.

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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