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)
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Delaware | | 1-12235 | | 51-0347963 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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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.
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| Number of Votes |
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN |
Candidate | | | |
Paul Bourgon | 40,366,670 |
| 164,099 |
| 233,706 |
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John G. Drosdick | 40,390,176 |
| 140,692 |
| 233,607 |
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Ralph E. Eberhart | 39,746,749 |
| 784,061 |
| 233,665 |
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Richard C. Gozon | 40,271,271 |
| 258,940 |
| 234,264 |
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Dawne S. Hickton | 40,164,823 |
| 365,995 |
| 233,657 |
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Richard C. Ill | 39,393,349 |
| 1,136,834 |
| 234,292 |
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William L. Mansfield | 40,372,352 |
| 158,403 |
| 233,720 |
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Adam J. Palmer | 40,359,177 |
| 171,332 |
| 233,966 |
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Joseph M. Silvestri | 40,386,337 |
| 144,445 |
| 233,693 |
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George Simpson | 40,351,375 |
| 179,543 |
| 233,557 |
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On the approval, by advisory vote, of executive compensation:
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FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN |
39,608,021 |
| 907,618 |
| 248,836 |
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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:
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FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN |
45,495,122 |
| 340,275 |
| 235,637 |
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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.
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Date: | July 20, 2015 | TRIUMPH GROUP, INC. |
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| | By: | /s/ John B. Wright, II |
| | | John B. Wright, II |
| | | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |