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FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On Thursday, April 29, 2021, Ferro Corporation (“Ferro” or the “Company”) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2021 Annual Meeting”). The final results of voting on each of the matters submitted to a vote of security holders at the 2021 Annual Meeting are as follows:
1. Shareholders elected each of the following six nominees as a director to serve for a term to expire at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, as set forth below.
| Name |
Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes |
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| David A. Lorber |
57,194,882 | 16,845,875 | 2,128,161 | |||||||||
| Marran H. Ogilvie |
70,970,292 | 3,070,465 | 2,128,161 | |||||||||
| Andrew M. Ross |
59,539,159 | 14,501,598 | 2,128,161 | |||||||||
| Allen. A. Spizzo |
73,123,312 | 917,445 | 2,128,161 | |||||||||
| Peter T. Thomas |
71,481,052 | 2,559,705 | 2,128,161 | |||||||||
| Ronald P. Vargo |
70,583,142 | 3,457,615 | 2,128,161 | |||||||||
2. Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as set forth below.
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 71,814,208 |
2,136,564 | 89,985 | 2,128,161 |
3. Shareholders ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, as set forth below.
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions | ||
| 75,609,212 |
546,735 | 12,971 |
4. Shareholders approved a shareholder proposal regarding simple majority vote as set forth below:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 57,152,050 |
16,845,447 | 43,260 | 2,128,161 |
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.
| Ferro Corporation | ||||||
| Date: April 30, 2021 |
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| By: |
/s/ Mark H. Duesenberg | |||||
| Name: |
Mark H. Duesenberg | |||||
| Title: |
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||||