Huntsman Corporation 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
(a) The 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Huntsman Corporation (the “Company”) was held on May 2, 2024.
(b) The Company’s stockholders voted on the following four proposals (each described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2024) at the Annual Meeting.
(c) American Election Services, LLC, the independent inspector of the elections (the “Inspector of Election”) for the Annual Meeting, delivered its final vote tabulation on May 2, 2024 that certified the final voting results for each of the matters that were submitted to a vote at the Annual Meeting. Set forth below are the final voting results as provided by the Inspector of Election.
(d) Each stockholder of record was entitled to one vote per share of common stock on each proposal. On March 7, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”), there were 172,994,653 shares of common stock outstanding. Present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy were holders of shares of common stock representing an aggregate of 152,857,620 votes, or 88.35% of the voting power entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting as of the Record Date, constituting a quorum.
| Proposal 1 | To elect as directors 10 nominees to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or her/his earlier resignation, removal or death. |
| For | Against | Abstain | BNV | |||||||||||||
| Peter R. Huntsman | 136,269,681 | 3,237,988 | 64,023 | 13,285,928 | ||||||||||||
| Mary C. Beckerle | 137,451,470 | 2,032,380 | 87,842 | 13,285,928 | ||||||||||||
| Sonia Dulá | 136,859,251 | 2,641,313 | 71,128 | 13,285,928 | ||||||||||||
| Cynthia L. Egan | 132,752,216 | 6,744,827 | 74,649 | 13,285,928 | ||||||||||||
| Curtis E. Espeland | 137,506,770 | 2,012,214 | 52,708 | 13,285,928 | ||||||||||||
| Daniele Ferrari | 138,761,537 | 739,353 | 70,799 | 13,285,928 | ||||||||||||
| José Muñoz | 137,444,024 | 2,048,630 | 79,036 | 13,285,928 | ||||||||||||
| Jeanne McGovern | 138,769,229 | 728,587 | 73,876 | 13,285,928 | ||||||||||||
| David B. Sewell | 138,845,288 | 664,460 | 61,944 | 13,285,928 | ||||||||||||
| Jan E. Tighe | 138,823,690 | 675,502 | 72,500 | 13,285,928 | ||||||||||||
The stockholders voted to re-elect each of the Company’s director nominees to serve until the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or her/his earlier resignation, removal or death.
| Proposal 2 | The advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation. |
| For | Against | Abstain | BNV | |||||||||||
| 118,884,066 | 20,531,068 | 156,558 | 13,285,928 | |||||||||||
The stockholders voted to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
| Proposal 3 | The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. |
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||||
| 151,016,216 | 1,776,465 | 64,939 | ||||||||
The stockholders voted to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.
| Proposal 4 | The stockholder proposal regarding transparency in political spending. |
| For | Against | Abstain | BNV | |||||||||||
| 51,128,169 | 87,696,739 | 746,784 | 13,285,928 | |||||||||||
The stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal regarding transparency in political spending.
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.
| HUNTSMAN CORPORATION | |
| /s/ DAVID M. STRYKER | |
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Dated: May 7, 2024