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: May 19, 2021
(Date of earliest event reported)
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 19, 2021, ITT Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The following votes were taken at the Annual Meeting.
1. Election of Directors. At the Annual Meeting, the 10 nominees whose names are set forth below were elected as directors, constituting the entire Board of Directors, to serve until the 2022 annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. Relevant voting information for each person was as follows:
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTENTIONS | BROKER NON-VOTES | |||||||||||
| Orlando D. Ashford | 77,800,584 | 834,724 | 70,778 | 3,164,357 | ||||||||||
| Geraud Darnis | 78,360,654 | 280,422 | 65,010 | 3,164,357 | ||||||||||
| Donald DeFosset, Jr. | 73,026,046 | 5,614,830 | 65,210 | 3,164,357 | ||||||||||
| Nicholas C. Fanandakis | 78,353,891 | 286,945 | 65,250 | 3,164,357 | ||||||||||
| Richard P. Lavin | 78,448,071 | 193,234 | 64,781 | 3,164,357 | ||||||||||
| Rebecca A. McDonald | 77,986,523 | 656,918 | 62,645 | 3,164,357 | ||||||||||
| Timothy H. Powers | 78,215,045 | 418,778 | 72,263 | 3,164,357 | ||||||||||
| Luca Savi | 78,553,582 | 85,246 | 67,258 | 3,164,357 | ||||||||||
| Cheryl L. Shavers | 78,013,734 | 627,095 | 65,257 | 3,164,357 | ||||||||||
| Sabrina Soussan | 77,749,375 | 893,378 | 63,333 | 3,164,357 | ||||||||||
2. Ratification of Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2021 was ratified by the following vote: 81,270,559 shares for the proposal, 523,053 shares against the proposal and 76,831 shares abstaining.
3. Advisory Vote on 2020 Named Executive Officer Compensation. The proposal for approval, on an advisory basis, of the 2020 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved by the following vote: 76,152,494 shares for the proposal, 2,442,259 shares against the proposal, 111,333 shares abstaining and 3,164,357 broker non-votes.
4. Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Meetings of Shareholders. The shareholder proposal to amend the Company’s governing documents to lower the ownership threshold to call a special meetings to 10% of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of the Company was not approved by the following vote: 24,562,845 shares for the proposal, 53,991,961 shares against the proposal, 151,280 shares abstaining and 3,164,357 broker non-votes.
There were no other matters presented for a vote at the Annual Meeting.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||||||||||||||
| 104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL | |||||||||||||||||||
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.
ITT Inc. | |||||||||||
(Registrant) | |||||||||||
| May 19, 2021 | By: | /s/ Mary E. Gustafsson | |||||||||
Name: | Mary E. Gustafsson | ||||||||||
Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel | ||||||||||
(Authorized Officer of Registrant) | |||||||||||