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): April 22, 2010
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-7724 | 39-0622040 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
2801 80th Street, Kenosha, WI 53143
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (262) 656-5200
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Snap-on Incorporated (the “Company”) held its 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 22, 2010. The shareholders (i) elected four members of the Company’s Board of Directors, whose terms were up for re-election, to serve until the Annual Meeting in the year 2013; and (ii) ratified the Audit Committee’s selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for 2010. There were 57,762,581 outstanding shares eligible to vote as of February 22, 2010, the record date for the 2010 Annual Meeting.
The directors elected to the Company’s Board for terms expiring at the Annual Meeting in the year 2013, as well as the number of votes cast for, against, abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each of these individuals, are set forth below:
| Director |
For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-votes | ||||
| John F. Fiedler |
46,920,056 | 154,384 | 95,915 | 4,674,922 | ||||
| James P. Holden |
45,495,207 | 1,549,948 | 125,200 | 4,674,922 | ||||
| W. Dudley Lehman |
46,945,400 | 132,557 | 92,398 | 4,674,922 | ||||
| Edward H. Rensi |
43,660,656 | 3,411,929 | 97,770 | 4,674,922 |
The terms of office for the following directors continue until the Annual Meeting in the year set forth below:
| Director |
Term |
Director |
Term | |||||
| Roxanne J. Decyk |
2011 | Bruce S. Chelberg | 2012 | |||||
| Nicholas T. Pinchuk |
2011 | Karen L. Daniel | 2012 | |||||
| Richard F. Teerlink |
2011 | Nathan J. Jones | 2012 | |||||
| Arthur L. Kelly | 2012 |
At the 2010 Annual Meeting, the proposal to ratify the Audit Committee’s selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for 2010 received the following votes:
Votes for approval: 48,822,254 Votes against: 2,904,226 Abstentions: 118,797
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SIGNATURES
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.
| SNAP-ON INCORPORATED | ||||
| Date: April 23, 2010 | By: | /S/ IRWIN M. SHUR | ||
| Irwin M. Shur | ||||
| Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||