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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 21, 2020

 

 

 

Newmont Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-31240

(Commission File Number)

 

84-1611629

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

6363 South Fiddlers Green Circle, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

 

(303) 863-7414

(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:

 

¨  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))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading
Symbol		   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $1.60 per share   NEM   New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

On April 21, 2020, Newmont Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The following matters were voted upon at the Annual Meeting: (1) the election of Directors; (2) the advisory vote on the compensation of the Named Executive Officers; (3) the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan; and (4) ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2020.

 

All matters voted on at the Annual Meeting were approved. Abstentions are counted in tabulations of the votes cast on proposals presented to stockholders (except with respect to the Election of Directors, where abstentions are excluded). The voting results were as follows:

 

Proposal #1 – Election of Directors

 

Name   Votes For     %
of votes
cast		     Withheld
Votes		     % of
votes
cast		     Abstentions     Broker
Non-Votes		  
Gregory H. Boyce     601,895,420       99.78       1,314,709       0.22       1,231,983       49,417,772  
Bruce R. Brook     589,904,460       97.72       13,787,236       2.28       750,416       49,417,772  
J. Kofi Bucknor     603,003,885       99.89       681,217       0.11       757,010       49,417,772  
Maura Clark     599,674,921       99.43       3,461,581       0.57       1,305,610       49,417,772  
Matthew Coon Come     603,008,466       99.89       685,319       0.11       748,327       49,417,772  
Noreen Doyle     562,150,226       94.08       35,351,234       5.92       6,940,652       49,417,772  
Veronica M. Hagen     560,323,219       93.79       37,127,307       6.21       6,991,586       49,417,772  
René Médori     600,434,781       99.49       3,073,419       0.51       933,912       49,417,772  
Jane Nelson     601,723,513       99.76       1,474,090       0.24       1,244,509       49,417,772  
Tom Palmer     603,074,312       99.89       646,932       0.11       720,868       49,417,772  
Julio M. Quintana     599,255,062       99.35       3,936,896       0.65       1,250,154       49,417,772  

 

 

Proposal #2 – Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Named Executive Officers

 

          % of votes cast
on the Proposal		  
Votes For     517,125,805       85.55  
Votes Against     85,904,827       14.21  
Abstentions     1,411,480       0.24  
Broker Non-Votes     49,417,772       —  

 

 

Proposal #3 – 2020 Stock Incentive Compensation Plan

 

          % of votes cast
on the Proposal		  
Votes For     576,846,650       95.43  
Votes Against     26,317,295       4.35  
Abstentions     1,278,167       0.22  
Broker Non-Votes     49,417,772       —  

 

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Proposal #4 - Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

          % of votes cast
at the Annual
Meeting		  
Votes For     651,494,186       99.64  
Votes Against     1,333,178       0.20  
Abstentions     1,032,520       0.16  

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  By: /s/ Logan Hennessey
  Name: Logan Hennessey
  Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

Dated: April 22, 2020

 

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