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: November 21, 2014

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Commission File Number: 1-7891

 

Delaware 41-0222640
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1400 West 94th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55431

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(952) 887-3131

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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:

 

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Item 5.07.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Donaldson Company, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on November 21, 2014, at the Company’s Corporate Offices, Campus West, 2001 West 94th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55431. The Company’s Stockholders voted on each of the three proposals detailed in the Company’s 2014 Proxy Statement.

 

Item 1

 

The Company’s Stockholders elected three individuals to the Board of Directors as set forth below:

 

  FOR   WITHHELD   BROKER
NON-VOTE
Tod Carpenter 106,610,777   3,615,166   15,606,510
Jeffrey Noddle 106,199,556   4,026,387   15,606,510
Ajita Rajendra 105,512,197   4,713,746   15,606,510

 

 

Item 2

 

The Company’s Stockholders voted on a non-binding advisory vote approving the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers, as set forth below:

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   BROKER
NON-VOTE
104,113,472   2,056,529   4,055,942   15,606,510

 

 

Item 3

 

The Company’s Stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2015 as set forth below:

FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN
124,254,228   1,111,733   466,492

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

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.

 

  DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.
     
     
  By: /s/ Amy C. Becker
    Amy C. Becker
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

Date:  November 24, 2014