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 8, 2024
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
QUAKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission File Number 001-12019
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| Pennsylvania | 23-0993790 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation) | (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
901 E. Hector Street
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(610) 832-4000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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| Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, $1 par value | | KWR | | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On May 8, 2024, at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2024 Annual Meeting”) shareholders of Quaker Chemical Corporation (the “Company”) approved the amended and restated Quaker Houghton 2024 Long-Term Performance Incentive Plan, which amended and restated the 2016 Long-Term Performance Incentive Plan in its entirety (the “Restated Plan”) to increase the shares available for issuance and to make certain additional changes, as discussed in the proxy statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting.
The Restated Plan is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
As of March 1, 2024, the record date for the 2024 Annual Meeting, 17,991,778 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding, and the holders of those shares were entitled to cast one vote for each share held. Set forth below are the matters acted upon by the shareholders at the 2024 Annual Meeting and the final voting results of each such proposal.
Proposal No.1 – Election of Directors.
The shareholders elected three directors to serve a three-year term until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The results of the vote were as follows:
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| Directors | | For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
| Michael F. Barry | | 15,465,074 | | 1,105,533 | | 22,263 | | 447,458 |
| Jeffry D. Frisby | | 15,125,665 | | 1,438,118 | | 29,087 | | 447,458 |
| Russell R. Shaller | | 15,948,517 | | 598,302 | | 46,051 | | 447,458 |
Proposal No. 2 – Advisory Vote on Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers
The Company’s shareholders approved, on a non-binding basis, the Company’s compensation of its named executive officers as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section and the accompanying compensation tables and narrative disclosures contained in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting (the “2024 Proxy Statement”). The results of the vote were as follows:
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| For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
| 16,103,454 | | 446,002 | | 43,414 | | 447,458 |
Proposal No. 3 – Approval of the Quaker Houghton 2024 Long-Term Performance Incentive Plan
The Company’s shareholders approved the Restated Plan. The results of the vote were as follows:
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| For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
| 12,844,880 | | 3,301,645 | | 446,345 | | 447,458 |
Proposal No. 4 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2024
The shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2024. The results of the vote were as follows:
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| For | | Against | | Abstain |
| 16,772,663 | | 248,384 | | 19,281 |
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
The following exhibits are included as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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Exhibit
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| 104 | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURE
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.
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| QUAKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION |
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| Date: May 9, 2024 | By: | /s/ Robert T. Traub |
| | Robert T. Traub |
| | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
