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UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, DC 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 4, 2021

 

 

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

1-35166

62-1411546

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

520 Lake Cook Road

Deerfield, IL 60015

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

847-484-4400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock

FBHS

New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 


 

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 May 4, 2021.

(b)At the Annual Meeting, our stockholders voted on the following matters: (i) election of four directors to serve as Class I directors for a term of three years expiring at the 2024 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 2021; 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:

Proposal 1:

The election of four Class I directors for a three-year term expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting

 

Director Name

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

Ann F. Hackett

112,864,781

2,499,719

130,948

9,268,918

John G. Morikis

114,015,430

1,347,201

132,817

9,268,918

Jeffery S. Perry

114,589,997

767,927

137,524

9,268,918

Ronald V. Waters, III

110,202,894

5,143,217

149,337

9,268,918

 

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 2021

 

For

Against

Abstain

123,755,961

890,386

118,019

 

Proposal 3:

An advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers

 

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

107,288,486

7,883,006

323,956

9,268,918

 

 


 

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)

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Robert K. Biggart

Name:

 

Robert K. Biggart

Title:

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

Date:  May 5, 2021