Steel Dynamics Inc 8-K, filed May 11, 2020
Steel Dynamics Inc (STLD)
About this 8-K
Steel Dynamics Inc filed this 8-K on May 11, 2020, reporting on events of May 8, 2020.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 8, 2020. Of the 212,678,858 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of the record date on March 9, 2020, 184,550,537 shares were present, in person or by proxy, thus constituting a quorum of 86.77% of the total shares outstanding and entitled to vote.
At the meeting, stockholders elected all eleven of the directors nominated by the Board of Directors, to serve for a term of one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP independent registered public accounting firm as the Company’s auditors for the year ending December 31, 2020; and approved, by an advisory vote, named executive officer compensation for 2019.
Set forth below is the final share voting results for each of the proposals.
| (1) | Election of eleven (11) director nominees for a one-year term. |
| Director | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Mark D. Millett | 166,628,251 | 2,731,653 | 15,190,633 | |||
| Sheree L. Bargabos | 168,138,699 | 1,221,205 | 15,190,633 | |||
| Keith E. Busse | 156,795,039 | 12,564,865 | 15,190,633 | |||
| Frank D. Byrne, M.D. | 157,796,627 | 11,563,277 | 15,190,633 | |||
| Kenneth W. Cornew | 162,739,250 | 6,620,654 | 15,190,633 | |||
| Traci M. Dolan | 163,339,469 | 6,020,435 | 15,190,633 | |||
| James C. Marcuccilli | 155,354,829 | 14,005,075 | 15,190,633 | |||
| Bradley S. Seaman | 156,117,170 | 13,242,734 | 15,190,633 | |||
| Gabriel L. Shaheen | 165,384,646 | 3,975,258 | 15,190,633 | |||
| Steven A. Sonnenberg | 163,073,216 | 6,286,688 | 15,190,633 | |||
| Richard P. Teets, Jr. | 164,485,070 | 4,874,834 | 15,190,633 |
| (2) | Proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP independent registered public accounting firm as the Company’s auditors for the year ending December 31, 2020. |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 174,953,629 | 9,501,051 | 95,857 | - |
| (3) | Proposal to approve, by an advisory vote, named executive officer compensation for 2019. |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 159,726,715 | 9,442,636 | 190,553 | 15,190,633 |
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 hereto duly authorized.
| STEEL DYNAMICS, INC. | ||
| /s/Theresa E. Wagler | ||
| Date: May 11, 2020 | By: | Theresa E. Wagler |
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |