Form 8-K

 

 

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 11, 2012

 

 

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-812   06-0570975

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

One Financial Plaza

Hartford, Connecticut 06103

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(860) 728-7000

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Section 5—Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02.    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On April 11, 2012, United Technologies Corporation (“UTC”) held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareowners. As previously disclosed in UTC’s 2012 Proxy Statement, director Charles R. Lee did not stand for reelection and retired from UTC’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective as of April 11, 2012, consistent with the provisions of UTC’s Corporate Governance Guidelines requiring that outside directors retire from the Board as of the annual meeting following the attainment of age 72.

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

As noted above, UTC held its Annual Meeting of Shareowners on April 11, 2012. As of February 15, 2012, the record date for the meeting, 910,162,300 shares of UTC Common Stock were issued and outstanding. A quorum of 786,393,676 shares of Common Stock were present or represented at the meeting.

The following individuals were elected to serve as directors for a one-year term expiring at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareowners or upon the election and qualification of their successors:

Louis R. Chênevert, John V. Faraci, Jean-Pierre Garnier, Jamie S. Gorelick, Edward A. Kangas, Ellen J. Kullman, Richard D. McCormick, Harold McGraw III, Richard B. Myers, H. Patrick Swygert, André Villeneuve, and Christine Todd Whitman.

The Shareowners voted on the following matters and cast their votes as described below.

 

1) Election of Directors. The voting results for each of the nominees were as follows:

 

Nominee

   Votes For      Votes
Against
     Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Louis R. Chênevert

     681,424,300         20,873,936         812,647         83,282,793   

John V. Faraci

     700,168,918         2,076,304         865,661         83,282,793   

Jean-Pierre Garnier

     676,043,744         26,192,747         874,392         83,282,793   

Jamie S. Gorelick

     675,092,325         27,175,731         842,827         83,282,793   

Edward A. Kangas

     621,222,786         80,955,193         932,904         83,282,793   

Ellen J. Kullman

     700,258,706         1,996,450         855,727         83,282,793   

Richard D. McCormick

     676,210,337         26,027,653         872,893         83,282,793   

Harold McGraw III

     666,035,987         35,276,956         1,797,940         83,282,793   

Richard B. Myers

     695,087,294         6,372,664         1,650,925         83,282,793   

H. Patrick Swygert

     676,232,777         25,988,690         889,416         83,282,793   

André Villeneuve

     695,895,071         6,317,564         898,248         83,282,793   

Christine Todd Whitman

     698,767,978         2,736,706         1,606,199         83,282,793   

 

2) A proposal of the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors to re-appoint the firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as Independent Auditor until the next Annual Meeting of Shareowners in 2013. The proposal was approved and the results of the voting were as follows:

 

Votes For

   Votes Against    Abstentions

777,149,745

   8,272,837    971,094


3) A proposal that shareowners approve on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of UTC’s Named Executive Officers as disclosed in UTC’s Proxy Statement dated February 24, 2012. The proposal was approved and the results of the voting were as follows:

 

Votes For

   Votes Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes

421,352,984

   269,610,948    12,146,951    83,282,793


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.

 

   

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

(Registrant)

    Date: April 13, 2012

    By:  

/s/ An-Ping Hsieh

      An-Ping Hsieh
      Vice President, Secretary and Associate General Counsel