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Item 5.07.Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a)Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 28, 2020.
(b)At the Annual Meeting, our stockholders voted on the following matters: (i) election of three directors to serve as Class III directors for a term of three years expiring at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (ii) ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2020; and (iii) approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. Set forth below are the voting results for each of these proposals:
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Proposal 1: |
The election of three Class III directors for a three-year term expiring at the 2023 Annual Meeting |
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Director Name |
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
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Nicholas I. Fink |
114,202,852 |
894,569 |
157,471 |
10,946,776 |
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A.D. David Mackay |
113,013,641 |
2,009,728 |
231,523 |
10,946,776 |
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David M. Thomas |
109,709,188 |
5,390,326 |
155,378 |
10,946,776 |
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Proposal 2: |
The ratification of the appointment by the Company’s Audit Committee of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2020 |
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For |
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Abstain |
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124,271,897 |
1,777,258 |
152,513 |
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Proposal 3: |
An advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers |
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For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
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106,757,559 |
8,153,032 |
344,301 |
10,946,776 |
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.
FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.
(Registrant)
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By:/s/Robert K. Biggart |
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Title:Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Date: May 1, 2020