Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 13, 2012

 

 

COVIDIEN PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Ireland   001-33259   98-0624794

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

20 on Hatch, Lower Hatch Street

Dublin 2, Ireland

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

+353 (1) 438-1700

(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):

 

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Company’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on March 13, 2012, the shareholders

 

   

elected all ten of the Company’s nominees for director;

 

   

appointed Deloitte and Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending September 28, 2012 and authorized the Audit Committee to set the auditors’ remuneration;

 

   

approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers described in the proxy statement;

 

   

authorized the Company and/or any subsidiary of the Company to make market purchases of Company shares;

 

   

authorized the price range at which the Company can reissue shares it holds as treasury shares (Special Resolution);

 

   

approved amendment of the Company’s Articles of Association to provide for escheatment in accordance with U.S. laws (Special Resolution); and

 

   

approved amendment of the Company’s Articles of Association to give the Board of Directors authority to declare non-cash dividends (Special Resolution).

Shares were voted on these proposals as follows:

Proposals 1(a)-(j). To re-elect ten (10) directors to hold office until the Company’s next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders:

 

Nominees

   For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  

(a)

 

José E. Almeida

     393,514,902         1,521,612         212,860         28,092,501   

(b)

 

Craig Arnold

     394,321,906         802,894         124,574         28,092,501   

(c)

 

Robert H. Brust

     394,252,123         869,605         127,646         28,092,501   

(d)

 

John M. Connors, Jr.

     386,915,398         8,211,152         122,824         28,092,501   

(e)

 

Christopher J. Coughlin

     394,257,896         866,787         124,691         28,092,501   

(f)

 

Timothy M. Donahue

     385,542,117         9,587,237         120,020         28,092,501   

(g)

 

Randall J. Hogan, III

     394,288,798         833,751         126,825         28,092,501   

(h)

 

Martin D. Madaus

     392,722,097         2,061,096         466,181         28,092,501   

(i)

 

Dennis H. Reilley

     392,975,558         2,147,635         126,181         28,092,501   

(j)

 

Joseph A. Zaccagnino

     394,319,810         797,991         131,573         28,092,501   

Proposal 2. To appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ending September 28, 2012 and authorize the Audit Committee to set the auditors’ remuneration:

 

For

   Against      Abstain  

418,203,668

     4,897,809         240,398   


Proposal 3. To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers described in the Proxy Statement:

 

For

   Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  

372,600,675

     21,469,833         1,178,866         28,092,501   

Proposal 4. To authorize the Company and/or any subsidiary of the Company to make market purchases of Company shares:

 

For

   Against      Abstain  

422,078,801

     1,011,871            251,203   

Proposal 5. To authorize, via special resolution, the price range at which Covidien can reissue shares that it holds as treasury shares:

 

For

   Against      Abstain  

370,226,928

     51,025,534         2,089,413   

Proposal 6. To amend, via special resolution, the Company’s Articles of Association to provide for escheatment in accordance with U.S. laws:

 

For

   Against      Abstain  

421,326,041

          991,153         1,024,681   

Proposal 7. To amend, via special resolution, the Company’s Articles of Association to give the Board of Directors the authority to declare non-cash dividends:

 

For

   Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  

393,545,580

     1,431,874            271,920         28,092,501   

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

3.1 Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended March 13, 2012.


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.

 

COVIDIEN PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
By:  

/s/ John W. Kapples

  John W. Kapples
  Vice President and Corporate Secretary

Date: March 16, 2012


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Exhibit Name

3.1    Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended March 13, 2012.