Fortune Brands Innovations Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc., (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") on May 14, 2025. At the Annual Meeting, stockholders voted on the following matters: (i) the election of three director nominees to serve as Class II directors for a term of three years expiring at the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (ii) the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2025; (iii) the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers; and (iv) an advisory vote to approve a stockholder proposal to eliminate supermajority voting requirements. The voting results for each of these proposals were as follows:
Proposal 1: The election of three Class II director nominees for a three-year term expiring at the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Director Nominee Name |
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
Amit Banati |
103,737,757 |
498,528 |
243,198 |
7,562,064 |
Irial Finan |
99,510,869 |
4,724,921 |
243,693 |
7,562,064 |
Susan Kilsby |
96,825,141 |
7,420,572 |
233,770 |
7,562,064 |
Proposal 2: The ratification of the appointment by the Company’s Audit Committee of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2025
For |
Against |
Abstain |
110,679,249 |
1,175,183 |
187,115 |
Proposal 3: An advisory vote to approve compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
90,892,233 |
13,046,226 |
541,024 |
7,562,064 |
Proposal 4: An advisory vote to approve a stockholder proposal to eliminate the supermajority voting provisions in our charter and bylaws.*
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
98,741,478 |
1,860,734 |
3,307,982 |
7,562,064 |
* In addition, there were 569,289 shares present, represented by proxy and entitled to vote on this proposal for which no voting directions were indicated. As our Board of Directors elected to make no recommendation with respect to this proposal, the proxyholders did not vote these shares on this proposal.
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.
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FORTUNE BRANDS INNOVATIONS, INC. |
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May 19, 2025 |
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/s/ Hiranda S. Donoghue |
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Hiranda S. Donoghue |