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): June 3, 2015 (June 1, 2015)
OM GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-12515 | 52-1736882 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 950 Main Avenue, Suite 1300, Cleveland, Ohio | 44113-7210 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (216) 781-0083
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
(b) David A. Lorber resigned from the Board of Directors of OM Group, Inc. (the “Company”) on June 3, 2015. Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”), dated March 23, 2015, by and among the Company and Steven A. Loukas, David A. Lorber, Zachary R. George, Allen A. Spizzo, FrontFour Capital Group, LLC and various affiliated entities (collectively, “FrontFour”), FrontFour has the right to nominate to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board a replacement director to serve Mr. Lorber’s term. A copy of the Settlement Agreement was described in, and filed as an exhibit to, the Form 8-K filed by the Company on March 23, 2015.
(d) On June 1, 2015, pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Allen A. Spizzo to the Board. Mr. Spizzo will serve with the class of directors that stands for re-election in 2016 and was appointed to the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.
The Company intends to enter into an indemnification agreement with Mr. Spizzo, which will be in the same form as the indemnification agreement between the Company and its other directors and named executive officers. That form of indemnification agreement was described in, and filed as an exhibit to, the Form 8-K filed by the Company on January 25, 2011.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Our 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on June 1, 2015. Set forth below are the matters acted upon by our stockholders at the Annual Meeting and the final voting results on each such matter.
1. Elect three directors to serve for terms expiring at our annual meeting in 2018:
| Name | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Carl R. Christenson | 26,641,520 | 989,834 | 1,388,331 | |||
| Joseph M. Gingo | 26,799,857 | 831,497 | 1,388,331 | |||
| David A. Lorber | 26,916,643 | 714,711 | 1,388,331 |
2. Confirm the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accountant for 2015:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 28,755,084 | 170,867 | 93,734 | — |
3. Advisory vote regarding the compensation of our named executive officers:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 26,399,053 | 1,110,766 | 121,535 | 1,388,331 |
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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.
| OM GROUP, INC. | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| Date: June 3, 2015 | By: | /s/ Valerie Gentile Sachs | ||||
| Name: | Valerie Gentile Sachs | |||||
| Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||||
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