0000950123-11-042605.txt : 20110502 0000950123-11-042605.hdr.sgml : 20110502 20110502095546 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-11-042605 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110426 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20110502 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110502 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000277509 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MOTOR VEHICLES & PASSENGER CAR BODIES [3711] IRS NUMBER: 361063330 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06003 FILM NUMBER: 11798410 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1415 W 22ND ST STE 1100 CITY: OAK BROOK STATE: IL ZIP: 60523 BUSINESS PHONE: 630-954-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1415 W 22ND ST STE 1100 CITY: OAK BROOK STATE: IL ZIP: 60523 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FEDERAL SIGN & SIGNAL CORP /DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19600201 8-K 1 c64413e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 
 
United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, DC 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 26, 2011
FEDERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
         
Delaware   001-6003   36-1063330
         
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation) 		  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
1415 W. 22nd Street, Oak Brook, Illinois   60523
     
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
(630) 954-2000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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.
At the 2011 Annual Meeting, four proposals were submitted to and approved by the Company’s stockholders. As of the record date, March 18, 2011, there were 62,117,077 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding. The holders of 56,634,229 shares of common stock, 91.17% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote as of the record date, were represented at the meeting in person or by proxy, and this amount represented a quorum. The proposals are described in detail in the 2011 Proxy Statement. The final results were as follows:
Proposal I.
                             
            Withhold         Broker  
    For     Authority     Abstentions   Non-votes  
Election of Directors:
                            
William F. Owens
     39,802,029       8,750,844     —     8,081,356  
Charles R. Campbell
     44,898,326       3,654,547     —     8,081,356  
Paul W. Jones
     44,949,253       3,603,620     —     8,081,356  
Dennis J. Martin
     47,598,716       954,157     —     8,081,356  
Brenda L. Reichelderfer
     39,207,958       9,344,915     —     8,081,356  
Proposal II.
                                 
                            Broker  
    For     Against     Abstentions     Non-votes  
Approve an advisory resolution
on executive compensation
     43,304,180       3,571,359       1,677,334       8,081,356  
Proposal III.
                                         
                                    Broker  
    3 Years     2 Years     1 Year     Absentions     Non-votes  
Approve by advisory vote,
the frequency of future
advisory votes on executive
compensation
     5,226,684       201,330       41,434,838       1,690,021       8,081,356  
In accordance with the stockholder vote on this proposal at our 2011 Annual Meeting, our Board of Directors has determined that the Company’s policy is to hold a stockholder advisory vote on executive compensation every year until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation. We are required to hold advisory votes on frequency every six years.
Proposal IV.
                         
    For     Against     Abstentions  
Ratify the appointment of
Ernst & Young LLP as our
independent registered public
accounting firm for 2011
     53,206,295       3,318,216       109,718  
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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.
         
  FEDERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION
 		  
Date: May 2, 2011  By:   /s/ Jennifer L. Sherman    
    Jennifer L. Sherman   
    Senior Vice President,
Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel