Voting Results - 8-K


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) April 18, 2013
PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
Pennsylvania
 
001-1687
 
25-0730780
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
One PPG Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 
 
 
15272
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(412) 434-3131
 
 
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 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of PPG Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on April 18, 2013. At the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders voted on the following matters:

1.
The four nominees for director were elected to serve three-year terms ending in 2016 as follows:
Nominees
 
Votes For
 
Votes Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
James G. Berges
 
93,405,959
 
5,135,524
 
17,521,974
John V. Faraci
 
95,433,633
 
3,107,850
 
17,521,974
Victoria F. Haynes
 
94,723,143
 
3,818,340
 
17,521,974
Martin H. Richenhagen
 
94,765,536
 
3,775,947
 
17,521,974

The following directors did not stand for re-election at the Annual Meeting (the year in which each director's term expires is indicated in parenthesis): Stephen F. Angel (2014), Hugh Grant (2014), Michele J. Hooper (2014), Robert Mehrabian (2014), Charles E. Bunch (2015), Robert Ripp (2015), Thomas J. Usher (2015), and David R. Whitwam (2015).

2.
The proposal to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved as follows:
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstained
 
Broker Non-Votes
90,994,636
 
6,849,263
 
696,451
 
17,521,974

3.
By the following vote, the shareholders did not approve the proposal (which required the affirmative vote of 80 percent of the Company's outstanding shares) to amend the Company's Articles of Incorporation to provide for the annual election of directors:
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstained
 
Broker Non-Votes
97,756,341
 
387,291
 
399,031
 
17,521,974

4.
The proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2013 was approved as follows:
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstained
114,681,605
 
956,951
 
426,203

There were no broker non-votes with respect to this matter.

5.
The shareholder proposal requesting the adoption of a simple majority vote was approved as follows:
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstained
 
Broker Non-Votes
76,016,875
 
21,570,148
 
955,762
 
17,521,974


As of the record date of the Annual Meeting, 142,891,393 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding.






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.

 
 
PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
Date: April 22, 2013
By:
/s/ Charles E. Bunch
 
 
Charles E. Bunch
 
 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer