UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): May 7, 2010

 

Rockwood Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

100 Overlook Center
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
(Address of registrant’s principal executive office)

 

(609) 514-0300
(Registrant’s telephone number)

 

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:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

 

 

 

Item 5.07               Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

At the annual meeting of stockholders of Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held on May 6, 2010, the Company’s stockholders voted on the below proposals, the final voting results of which follow:

 

(i)   The board of directors nominated the following individuals to stand for election and each was elected by a plurality of the votes cast by shares entitled to vote at the meeting. Such directors shall serve until the 2013 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

Nominee		Number of Votes For		Number of Votes Withheld		Number of Broker Non-Votes
Seifi Ghasemi		67,426,775		1,856,868		1,979,582
Sheldon R. Erikson		45,854,746		23,428,897		1,979,582

 

(ii)   The board of directors selected the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010 and submitted such appointment for ratification by the stockholders. The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.

 

Number of Votes For		Number of Votes Against		Number of Votes Abstained
71,216,137		39,432		7,656

 

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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.

 

 

ROCKWOOD HOLDINGS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Michael W. Valente
		Name:  Michael W. Valente
		Title:  Assistant Secretary

 

 

Dated: May 7, 2010

 

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