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): April 23, 2015

 

 

NEWMARKET CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Commission File No. 1-32190

 

Virginia		20-0812170
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
330 South Fourth Street, Richmond, Virginia		23219
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (804) 788-5000

 

 

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 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On April 23, 2015 NewMarket Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The proposals listed below were submitted to a vote of shareholders, and are described in more detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2015. The results are as follows:

1. Shareholders elected each of the Company’s six nominees to serve on its Board of Directors for the ensuing year, as set forth below:

 

Director		Affirmative Votes				Votes Against				Abstentions				Broker Non-Votes
Phyllis L. Cothran			10,748,387				102,073				9,403				807,495
Mark M. Gambill			10,614,873				236,630				8,360				807,495
Bruce C. Gottwald			10,652,458				200,901				6,474				807,495
Thomas E. Gottwald			10,741,629				111,347				6,887				807,495
Patrick D. Hanley			10,774,325				76,919				8,619				807,495
James E. Rogers			10,822,206				29,073				8,584				807,495

2. The shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, as set forth below:

 

Affirmative Votes				Votes Against				Abstentions
	11,468,462				190,573				8,323

3. The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation program for its named executive officers disclosed in the Proxy Statement, as set forth below:

 

Affirmative Votes				Votes Against				Abstentions				Broker Non-Votes
	10,698,360				136,847				24,656				807,495

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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.

Date: April 27, 2015