FORM 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): February 7, 2012 (February 7, 2012)

 

 

 

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-12383   25-1797617

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1201 South Second Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (414) 382-2000

 

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

  (a) The annual meeting of shareowners of the Company was held on February 7, 2012. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareowners at the annual meeting are set forth below.

 

  (b) At the annual meeting, the shareowners:

 

  (i) voted to elect three directors of the Company. Each nominee for director was elected to a term expiring in 2015 and by a vote of the shareowners as follows:

 

September 30, September 30, September 30,
       Affirmative
Votes
       Votes
Withheld
       Broker
Nonvotes
 

Betty C. Alewine

       96,019,878           3,330,792           17,146,022   

Verne G. Istock

       98,449,025           901,645           17,146,022   

David B. Speer

       87,394,127           11,956,543           17,146,022   

 

  (ii) voted on a proposal to approve the selection by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors of the firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2012. The proposal was approved by a vote of the shareowners as follows:

 

September 30,

Affirmative votes

       113,490,207   

Negative votes

       2,754,127   

Abstentions

       252,358   

 

  (iii) voted on a proposal to approve the Company’s 2012 Long-Term Incentives Plan. The proposal was approved by a vote of the shareowners as follows:

 

September 30,

Affirmative votes

       89,531,924   

Negative votes

       9,206,254   

Abstentions

       612,492   

Broker Nonvotes

       17,146,022   

 

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  (iv) voted on a proposal to approve on an advisory basis the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as set forth in the Company’s proxy statement for the February 7, 2012 annual meeting. The proposal was approved on an advisory basis by a vote of the shareowners as follows:

 

September 30,

Affirmative votes

       94,168,019   

Negative votes

       3,342,469   

Abstentions

       1,840,182   

Broker Nonvotes

       17,146,022   

 

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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.

 

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.

(Registrant)

By   /s/ Douglas M. Hagerman
  Douglas M. Hagerman
  Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Date: February 10, 2012

 

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