Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
At the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders on February 6, 2024, the Company’s shareholders approved the Emerson Electric Co. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The description of the Plan on pages 64-71 of the Company’s Proxy Statement dated December 8, 2024 (the “Proxy Statement”), is incorporated herein by reference.
The foregoing description of the Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on February 6, 2024 are as follows:
Proposal 1: The four Directors named in the Proxy Statement were elected by the shareholders, by the votes set forth in the table below:
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Nominee | | For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
Mark A. Blinn | | 378,990,098 | | 29,908,246 | | 3,818,236 | | 77,401,488 |
Leticia Gonçalves Lourenco | | 406,072,003 | | 2,745,769 | | 3,898,808 | | 77,401,488 |
James M. McKelvey | | 402,163,521 | | 6,639,636 | | 3,913,423 | | 77,401,488 |
James S. Turley | | 344,274,997 | | 67,646,303 | | 795,280 | | 77,401,488 |
Proposal 2: The Company’s executive compensation, as described in the Proxy Statement, was approved by the non-binding advisory votes of the shareholders set forth below:
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For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
385,189,173 | | 25,513,282 | | 2,014,125 | | 77,401,488 |
Proposal 3: The proposal to approve an amendment to the Company’s Restated Articles of Incorporation to declassify the Board of Directors, as described in the Proxy Statement, which required the vote of 85% of outstanding shares in favor for approval, was not approved by the shareholders, by the votes set forth below:
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For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
405,348,013 | | 6,024,713 | | 1,343,854 | | 77,401,488 |
Proposal 4: The Company’s 2024 Equity Incentive Plan, as described in the Proxy Statement, was approved by the shareholders, by the votes set forth below:
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For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
392,800,861 | | 18,196,045 | | 1,719,674 | | 77,401,488 |
Proposal 5: The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024 was ratified by the shareholders, by the votes set forth below:
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For | | Against | | Abstain |
464,903,327 | | 24,189,893 | | 1,024,848 |
Proposal 6: The shareholder proposal requesting the implementation of a simple majority vote requirement, as described in the Proxy Statement, was approved by the shareholders, by the votes set forth below:
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For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
293,359,164 | | 117,143,579 | | 2,213,837 | | 77,401,488 |