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

May 12, 2015/May 6, 2015

(Date of Report/Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

DOMTAR CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   001-33164   20-5901152
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

234 Kingsley Park Drive

Fort Mill, South Carolina

29715

(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)

(803) 802-7500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

395 de Maisonneuve West

Montreal, Quebec

Canada H3A 1L6

(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))

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Domtar Corporation (the “Corporation”) held on May 6, 2015, the following items were submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation:

 

1. Election of eleven Directors to serve for a term of one year that will expire at the Corporation’s 2016 annual meeting :

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Non Votes  

GIANNELLA ALVAREZ

     52,308,687         687,597         179,779         2,922,100   

ROBERT E. APPLE

     52,316,786         684,490         174,787         2,922,100   

LOUIS P GIGNAC

     51,790,873         1,210,133         175,057         2,922,100   

DAVID J. ILLINGWORTH

     52,316,287         684,307         175,469         2,922,100   

BRIAN M LEVITT

     51,727,199         1,273,259         175,605         2,922,100   

DAVID G. MAFFUCCI

     52,312,791         687,862         175,410         2,922,100   

DOMENIC PILLA

     52,307,006         689,329         179,728         2,922,100   

ROBERT J STEACY

     51,227,370         1,773,598         175,095         2,922,100   

PAMELA B STROBEL

     51,792,569         1,208,516         174,978         2,922,100   

DENIS TURCOTTE

     51,064,832         1,936,228         175,003         2,922,100   

JOHN D WILLIAMS

     52,314,611         686,085         175,367         2,922,100   

 

2. The approval, by a non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation paid by the Corporation to its Named Executive Officers;

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

48,383,651

  4,568,360   224,052

 

5. The ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Corporation’s independent public accounting firm for the 2015 fiscal year.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

54,898,409

  999,126   200,628

 

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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.

 

DOMTAR CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Razvan L. Theodoru
Name: Razvan L. Theodoru
Title:   Vice-President,
            Corporate Law and Secretary
Date: May 12, 2015

 

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