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): July 25, 2013

 

 

STERIS Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Ohio   1-14643   34-1482024

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

5960 Heisley Road, Mentor, Ohio   44060-1834
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (440) 354-2600

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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

¨ 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.

At the STERIS Corporation (“Company”) 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“Meeting”), held on July 25, 2013, shareholders voted on the matters specified below, with the final voting results as specified. According to the certified list of shareholders, there were 58,946,469 Common Shares of the Company outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting. There were present at the Meeting, in person or by proxy, the holders of 54,669,255 Common Shares or 92.74% of the outstanding Common Shares of the Company, constituting a quorum.

 

1. The nominees named below were elected to the Board of Directors, each for a one-year term, and the results of the vote were as follows:

 

Nominee

   Votes For      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Richard C. Breeden

     50,447,775         145,462         4,076,018   

Cynthia L Feldmann

     50,456,496         136,741         4,076,018   

Jacqueline B. Kosecoff

     50,207,290         385,947         4,076,018   

David B. Lewis

     50,455,808         137,429         4,076,018   

Kevin M. McMullen

     50,338,648         254,589         4,076,018   

Walter M Rosebrough, Jr.

     50,408,744         184,493         4,076,018   

Mohsen M. Sohi

     50,457,121         136,116         4,076,018   

John P. Wareham

     50,335,164         258,073         4,076,018   

Loyal W. Wilson

     50,334,460         258,777         4,076,018   

Michael B. Wood

     50,455,468         137,769         4,076,018   

 

2. The non-binding advisory proposal to approve the compensation of our named executive officers was approved, and the results of the vote were as follows:

 

Votes for

     49,716,839   

Votes against

     595,714   

Abstentions

     280,685   

Broker non-votes

     4,076,018   

 

3. The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 was approved, and the results of the vote were as follows:

 

Votes for

     54,288,590   

Votes against

     271,765   

Abstentions

     108,900   

 

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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.

 

STERIS CORPORATION

By

 

/s/ J. Adam Zangerle

  J. Adam Zangerle
 

Vice President, General Counsel,

and Secretary

Date: July 26, 2013

 

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