ADNT 8-K
Adient plc (ADNT)
8-K
2024-03-15
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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): March 12, 2024
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 734 -254-5000
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Adient plc (“Adient”) held its 2024 Annual General Meeting on March 12, 2024. The independent inspector of elections for the 2024 Annual General Meeting delivered its final tabulation of voting results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the 2024 Annual General Meeting, certifying on March 12, 2024 the voting results set forth below.
Proposal One:
Adient’s shareholders elected, by separate resolutions, the following nine directors for a period of one year, expiring at the end of Adient’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in 2025, by the following votes:
| Nominee | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | ||||||||||
| Julie L. Bushman | 78,461,093 | 417,437 | 52,825 | 4,467,101 | ||||||||||
| Peter H. Carlin | 77,686,919 | 1,189,287 | 55,149 | 4,467,101 | ||||||||||
| Ricky T. Dillon | 78,523,099 | 350,627 | 57,629 | 4,467,101 | ||||||||||
| Jerome J. Dorlack | 78,578,179 | 298,946 | 54,230 | 4,467,101 | ||||||||||
| Jodi E. Eddy | 78,597,585 | 271,072 | 62,698 | 4,467,101 | ||||||||||
| Richard Goodman | 78,511,177 | 366,176 | 54,002 | 4,467,101 | ||||||||||
| José M. Gutiérrez | 78,095,049 | 778,395 | 57,911 | 4,467,101 | ||||||||||
| Frederick A. Henderson | 78,377,758 | 485,192 | 68,405 | 4,467,101 | ||||||||||
| Barb J. Samardzich | 78,384,367 | 493,139 | 53,849 | 4,467,101 | ||||||||||
Proposal Two:
Adient’s shareholders ratified, by non-binding advisory vote, the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Adient’s independent auditor for fiscal year 2024 and authorized, by binding vote, the Board of Directors, acting through the Audit Committee, to set the auditors’ remuneration by the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
| 81,821,041 | 1,510,377 | 67,038 | ||||||
Proposal Three:
Adient’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Adient’s named executive officers by the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | ||||||||
| 75,253,643 | 3,602,404 | 75,308 | 4,467,101 | ||||||||
Proposal Four:
Adient’s shareholders approved the renewal of the Board of Directors’ authority to issue shares under Irish law by the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
| 82,061,383 | 1,263,000 | 74,073 | ||||||
Proposal Five:
Adient’s shareholders approved the renewal of the Board of Directors’ authority to opt-out of statutory preemption rights under Irish law by the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
| 82,499,403 | 819,100 | 79,953 | ||||||
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.
| ADIENT PLC | ||||||||
| Date: March 15, 2024 | By: | /s/ Heather M. Tiltmann | ||||||
| Name: | Heather M. Tiltmann | |||||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Human Resources Officer, and Corporate Secretary | |||||||