Form: 8-K

Current report filing

June 7, 2024

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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, 2024

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, par value $.01 per share   FTV   New York Stock Exchange
3.700% Notes due 2026   FTV26A   New York Stock Exchange
3.700% Notes due 2029   FTV29   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 Annual Meeting held on June 4, 2024, the Company’s shareholders voted on the following five proposals:

Proposal 1: To elect the nine director nominees named in the Proxy Statement, each for a one-year term expiring at the 2025 annual meeting and until his or her respective successor is duly elected and qualified. Each nominee for director was elected by a vote of the shareholders as follows:

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  

Eric Branderiz

     285,843,045        25,918,202        286,490        12,488,170  

Daniel L. Comas

     306,451,699        5,314,727        281,311        12,488,170  

Sharmistha Dubey

     280,714,092        31,048,850        284,795        12,488,170  

Rejji P. Hayes

     287,539,834        24,220,144        287,759        12,488,170  

Wright L. Lassiter III

     283,348,343        28,412,605        286,789        12,488,170  

James A. Lico

     287,639,452        24,123,649        284,636        12,488,170  

Kate D. Mitchell

     267,844,415        43,919,619        283,703        12,488,170  

Jeannine Sargent

     283,039,025        28,717,436        291,276        12,488,170  

Alan G. Spoon

     257,282,813        54,359,273        405,651        12,488,170  

Proposal 2: To approve on an advisory basis the Company’s named executive officer compensation. The proposal was approved by a vote of the shareholders as follows:

 

For

     287,274,473  

Against

     23,800,348  

Abstain

     972,916  

Broker Non-Votes

     12,488,170  

Proposal 3: To approve amendments to the Company’s Restated Certification of Incorporation to include an officer exculpation provision. The proposal was approved by a vote of the shareholders as follows:

 

For

     278,789,109  

Against

     32,330,816  

Abstain

     927,812  

Broker Non-Votes

     12,488,170  

Proposal 4: To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024. The proposal was approved by a vote of the shareholders as follows:

 

For

     312,843,140  

Against

     11,373,499  

Abstain

     319,268  

Proposal 5: To consider and act upon a shareholder proposal to approve an amendment to the Company’s Bylaws to require shareholder approval of director compensation. The proposal was rejected by a vote of the shareholders as follows:

 

For

     5,454,519  

Against

     304,984,147  

Abstain

     1,609,071  

Broker Non-Votes

     12,488,170  

 

5


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 7, 2024