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 12, 2016

 

 

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”) 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on May 12, 2016 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota (“2016 Annual Meeting”). The number of outstanding shares on the record date for the 2016 Annual Meeting was 146,120,984. At the 2016 Annual Meeting, 128,526,823 shares, or approximately 88 percent of the outstanding shares, were represented in person or by proxy. At the 2016 Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Company: (1) elected each of the nine director nominees set forth below to serve one-year terms, expiring at the Company’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; (2) approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers; (3) approved an amendment to and restatement of 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, 2016. 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

     100,913,535         3,128,873         254,929         24,229,486   

Robert Ezrilov

     101,184,447         2,858,424         254,466         24,229,486   

Wayne M. Fortun

     100,654,012         3,386,216         257,109         24,229,486   

Mary J. Steele Guilfoile

     102,556,574         1,462,384         278,379         24,229,486   

Jodee A. Kozlak

     101,941,652         2,077,306         278,379         24,229,486   

ReBecca Koening Roloff

     101,345,903         2,699,036         252,398         24,229,486   

Brian P. Short

     94,067,847         9,973,865         255,625         24,229,486   

James B. Stake

     102,755,997         1,283,955         257,385         24,229,486   

John P. Wiehoff

     98,296,388         5,435,081         565,868         24,229,486   

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

     87,522,385         11,424,680         5,350,272         24,229,486   

Approval of the amendment to and restatement of the Company’s 2013 Equity Incentive Plan

     92,854,226         11,199,988         243,123         24,229,486   

Ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016

     1,126,858,242         1,467,375         201,206         —     


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 16, 2016