Form: 8-K

Current report filing

June 6, 2019

 

 

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

June 4, 2019

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

 

Fortive Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-37654   47-5654583

(State or Other Jurisdiction

Of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

6920 Seaway Blvd

Everett, WA 98203

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (425) 446—5000

 

 

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:

 

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 Symbols

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, $.01 par value

5.00% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value

 

FTV

FTV.PRA

 

New York Stock Exchange

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.

At the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Fortive Corporation (the “Company”) held on June 4, 2019, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following four proposals:

Proposal 1: To elect Mr. Mitchell P. Rales, Mr. Steven M. Rales, Ms. Jeannine Sargent, and Mr. Alan Spoon, each for a one-year term expiring at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company and until their successors are elected and qualified. Each of nominee for director was elected by a vote of the stockholders as follows:

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  

Mitchell P. Rales

     272,452,081        23,809,195        287,025      16,626,195

Steven M. Rales

     282,796,569        13,464,114        287,618      16,626,195

Jeannine Sargent

     296,098,669        344,529        105,103      16,626,195

Alan Spoon

     268,244,040        27,777,745        526,516        16,626,195  

Proposal 2: To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019. The proposal was approved by a vote of the stockholders as follows:

 

For

     311,707,594  

Against

     1,326,622  

Abstain

     140,280  

Proposal 3: To approve on an advisory basis the Company’s named executive officer compensation. The proposal was approved by a vote of the stockholders as follows:

 

For

     288,968,579  

Against

     7,360,763  

Abstain

     218,959  

Broker Non-Votes

     16,626,195  

Proposal 4: To approve the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and restated to eliminate the supermajority voting requirements applicable to shares of common stock. The proposal was not approved by the requisite vote of stockholders:

 

For

     255,905,369  

Against

     255,966  

Abstain

     40,386,966  

Broker Non-Votes

     16,626,195  


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.

 

FORTIVE CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Daniel B. Kim
  Name:    Daniel B. Kim
  Title:      Vice President - Associate General Counsel and Secretary

Date: June 6, 2019