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 Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report: (Date of earliest event reported) April 30, 2015

 

 

CORNING INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New York   1-3247   16-0393470

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

One Riverfront Plaza, Corning, New York   14831
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(607) 974-9000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

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

 

 

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))

 

 

 


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

(a) Corning Incorporated (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders on April 30, 2015.

(b) The shareholders elected all of the Company’s nominees for director; ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for 2015; and approved our named executives’ compensation. The shareholders did not approve the Holy Land Principles, Inc. shareholder proposal.

 

1. Election of Directors:

 

   

Name

   Shares For      Shares Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
      
 

Donald W. Blair

     925,539,155         6,426,191         3,187,113         177,807,601      
 

Stephanie A. Burns

     736,805,615         195,233,771         3,112,647         177,807,601      
 

John A. Canning, Jr.

     918,959,421         12,948,525         3,244,513         177,807,601      
 

Richard T. Clark

     881,080,119         50,847,471         3,224,443         177,807,601      
 

Robert F. Cummings, Jr.

     589,038,934         342,856,797         3,256,726         177,807,601      
 

James B. Flaws

     831,960,578         100,083,854         3,107,791         177,807,601      
 

Deborah A. Henretta

     921,466,119         10,561,076         3,125,264         177,807,601      
 

Daniel P. Huttenlocher

     919,541,242         12,374,350         3,236,866         177,807,601      
 

Kurt M. Landgraf

     924,022,836         7,920,072         3,209,550         177,807,601      
 

Kevin J. Martin

     919,352,138         12,560,581         3,239,740         177,807,601      
 

Deborah D. Rieman

     913,543,670         18,432,740         3,175,994         177,807,601      
 

Hansel E. Tookes II

     907,380,305         24,524,406         3,247,747         177,807,601      
 

Wendell P. Weeks

     893,163,083         35,663,817         6,324,358         177,807,601      
 

Mark S. Wrighton

     921,838,885         10,153,144         3,160,429         177,807,601      
         Shares For      Shares Against      Abstain              
2.   Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2015      1,092,074,442         17,436,670         3,448,948         
         Shares For      Shares Against      Abstain     

Broker

Non-Votes

      
3.   Advisory Approval of our Named Executive Officers’ Compensation      892,516,187         35,929,508         6,706,764         177,807,601      
         Shares For      Shares Against      Abstain     

Broker

Non-Votes

      
4.   Shareholder Proposal - Holy Land Principles, Inc.      25,094,212         869,612,490         40,445,867         177,807,601      

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.

Date: May 4, 2015

 

  CORNING INCORPORATED
  By:  

/s/ Linda E. Jolly

   

Vice President and

Corporate Secretary