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 28, 2010

 

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-815

 

51-0014090

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Of Incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

1007 Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware  19898
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (302) 774-1000

 

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 (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

DuPont’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on April 28, 2010. A total of 730,475,135 shares of common stock were voted in person or by proxy, representing 80.68 percent of the shares entitled to be voted. The following are the final voting results on proposals considered and voted upon at the meeting, all of which are described in the company’s 2010 Proxy Statement.

 

1.             Election of Directors. The 12 nominees listed below were elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the ensuing year.

 

Director

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

S. W. Bodman

 

582,909,084

 

6,358,990

 

1,277,783

 

139,929,278

 

R. H. Brown

 

581,910,858

 

7,196,219

 

1,438,780

 

139,929,278

 

R. A. Brown

 

581,965,190

 

7,272,351

 

1,308,316

 

139,929,278

 

B. P. Collomb

 

583,403,908

 

5,829,613

 

1,312,336

 

139,929,278

 

C. J. Crawford

 

569,639,257

 

19,405,378

 

1,501,222

 

139,929,278

 

A. M. Cutler

 

572,833,902

 

16,275,572

 

1,436,383

 

139,929,278

 

J. T. Dillon

 

582,207,561

 

6,902,827

 

1,435,469

 

139,929,278

 

E. I. du Pont

 

582,800,054

 

6,386,913

 

1,358,890

 

139,929,278

 

M. A. Hewson

 

583,532,829

 

5,792,434

 

1,220,594

 

139,929,278

 

L. D. Juliber

 

578,887,686

 

10,346,786

 

1,311,385

 

139,929,278

 

E. J. Kullman

 

575,468,435

 

13,875,634

 

1,201,788

 

139,929,278

 

W. K. Reilly

 

574,538,289

 

14,738,519

 

1,269,049

 

139,929,278

 

 

2.             Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

For

 

721,301,632

 

Against

 

7,557,210

 

Abstentions

 

1,616,293

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

0

 

 

The foregoing proposal was approved.

 

3.             Stockholder proposal requesting the Board of Directors to adopt a policy on shareholder say on executive pay.

 

For

 

257,270,502

 

Against

 

317,621,602

 

Abstentions

 

15,653,753

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

139,929,278

 

 

The foregoing proposal was not approved.

 

4.             Stockholder proposal requesting the Board of Directors amend the company’s Human Rights Policy to include respect for and adherence to seed saving rights of traditional agricultural communities and report on the policy’s implementation.

 

For

 

29,124,575

 

Against

 

449,488,503

 

Abstentions

 

111,932,779

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

139,929,278

 

 

The foregoing proposal was not approved.

 

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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.

 

 

 

E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Barry J. Niziolek

 

Barry J. Niziolek

 

Vice President and Controller

 

 

April 29, 2010

 

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