Form 8-K C H ROBINSON WORLDWIDE For: May 07

 

 

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)

 

 

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))

 

 

 

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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				—

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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

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