Form 8-K - Dated 7/17/2015


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 (Date of earliest event reported): July 17, 2015
 
TRIUMPH GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
1-12235
 
51-0347963
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification
No.)
 
 
 
 
 
899 Cassatt Road, Suite 210
 
19312
Berwyn, Pennsylvania
 
(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
(610) 251-1000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
 
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Item 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Triumph Group, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on July 17, 2015. The total number of shares represented at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy was 46,071,034 of the 49,273,525 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.
The matters that were voted upon at the Annual Meeting, and the number of votes cast for or against/withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, as to such matter, where applicable, are set forth in the table below. With respect to the election of Paul Bourgon, John G. Drosdick, Ralph E. Eberhart, Richard C. Gozon, Dawne S. Hickton, Richard C. Ill, William L. Mansfield, Adam J. Palmer, Joseph M. Silvestri, and George Simpson as directors for a term ending at the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, each nominee for director received the number of votes set forth opposite his name.
 
Number of Votes                       
 
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAIN
Candidate
 
 
 
Paul Bourgon
40,366,670

164,099

233,706

John G. Drosdick
40,390,176

140,692

233,607

Ralph E. Eberhart
39,746,749

784,061

233,665

Richard C. Gozon
40,271,271

258,940

234,264

Dawne S. Hickton
40,164,823

365,995

233,657

Richard C. Ill
39,393,349

1,136,834

234,292

William L. Mansfield
40,372,352

158,403

233,720

Adam J. Palmer
40,359,177

171,332

233,966

Joseph M. Silvestri
40,386,337

144,445

233,693

George Simpson
40,351,375

179,543

233,557

On the approval, by advisory vote, of executive compensation:
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAIN
39,608,021

907,618

248,836

 
 
 
On the ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016:
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAIN
45,495,122

340,275

235,637

 
 
 
On the basis of the above votes: (i) Paul Bourgon, John J. Drosdick, Ralph E. Eberhart, Richard C. Gozon, Dawne S. Hickton, Richard C. Ill, William L. Mansfield, Adam J. Palmer, Joseph M. Silvestri, and George Simpson were each duly elected as directors for a term ending at





the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (ii) the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers was approved on an advisory basis; and (iii) the proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016 was adopted.

SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date:
July 20, 2015
TRIUMPH GROUP, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 /s/ John B. Wright, II
 
 
 
John B. Wright, II
 
 
 
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary