Form 8-K

 

 

 

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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) May 7, 2015 (May 6, 2015)

 

 

GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-3671   13-1673581

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

2941 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 100, Falls Church, Virginia   22042-4513
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(703) 876-3000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report.)

 

 

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:

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The voting results for matters submitted to the company’s shareholders for consideration at the Annual Meeting held on May 6, 2015, are set forth below.

In an uncontested election, each of the following nominees was elected to the Board of Directors according to the following votes:

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Votes
 

Mary T. Barra

     276,509,429         1,761,818         484,000         21,743,943   

Nicholas D. Chabraja

     276,361,922         1,936,797         456,384         21,743,943   

James S. Crown

     272,543,311         5,720,083         491,853         21,743,943   

Rudy F. deLeon

     272,859,915         2,366,364         528,968         21,743,943   

William P. Fricks

     275,404,653         2,844,638         505,956         21,743,943   

John M. Keane

     274,993,227         3,254,263         507,757         21,743,943   

Lester L. Lyles

     275,066,415         3,204,248         484,584         21,743,943   

James N. Mattis

     277,076,749         1,168,989         509,509         21,743,943   

Phebe N. Novakovic

     273,845,517         3,539,724         1,370,006         21,743,943   

William A. Osborn

     275,521,885         2,716,363         516,999         21,743,943   

Laura J. Schumacher

     275,587,837         2,656,767         510,603         21,743,943   

The results of voting on Proposals 2 through 4 (as numbered in the company’s 2015 Proxy Statement) were as follows:

Proposal 2. Shareholders approved the selection of KPMG LLP as the company’s independent auditors for 2015.

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Votes
 

Approval of KPMG as Independent Auditors

     297,843,556         2,160,525         495,109         —     

 

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Proposal 3. Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K and contained in the 2015 Proxy Statement, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion.

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Votes
 

Advisory Vote to approve Executive Compensation

     249,807,196         27,982,375         965,676         21,743,943   

Proposal 4. Shareholders rejected a shareholder proposal requesting that the board adopt a policy that the chairman of the board be an independent director.

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Votes
 

Shareholder Proposal with regard to an Independent Board Chair

     38,895,478         239,241,065         618,704         21,743,943   

 

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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.

 

GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION
by 

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

Gregory S. Gallopoulos

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

(Authorized Officer)

Dated: May 7, 2015

 

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