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 7, 2015

 

 

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 5.07 Submission of the Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (the “Company”) 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on May 7, 2015 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The number of outstanding shares on the record date for the 2015 Annual Meeting was 147,855,864. At the 2015 Annual Meeting, 130,134,784 shares, or approximately 88 percent of the outstanding shares, were represented in person or by proxy. At the 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the shareholders of the Company: (1) elected each of the nine director nominees set forth below to serve one-year terms, expiring at the 2016 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 2015 Non-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, 2015. The results of the matters voted upon by the shareholders are as follows:

 

     Number of Shares  
     For      Against      Abstain     

Broker

Non-Vote

 

Election of Directors

           

Scott P. Anderson

     103,291,827         1,221,278         238,402         25,383,277   

Robert Ezrilov

     102,090,010         2,423,111         238,386         25,383,277   

Wayne M. Fortun

     102,864,275         1,653,952         233,280         25,383,277   

Mary J. Steele Guilfoile

     103,577,331         926,074         248,102         25,383,277   

Jodee A. Kozlak

     103,539,201         972,737         239,569         25,383,277   

Rebecca Koening Roloff

     103,393,032         1,119,808         238,667         25,383,277   

Brian P. Short

     90,914,786         13,597,641         239,080         25,383,277   

James B. Stake

     103,838,835         673,659         239,013         25,383,277   

John P. Wiehoff

     99,833,834         4,233,172         684,501         25,383,277   

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

Named Executive Officers

     87,808,110         16,223,773         719,624         25,383,277   

Approval of the Company’s 2015 Non-Equity Incentive Plan

     102,801,909         1,682,332         267,266         25,383,277   

Ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015

     129,028,072         942,839         163,873         —     


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

Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Date: May 11, 2015