8-K


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): February 1, 2016

Energizer Holdings, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


 
 
 
 
Missouri
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
1-36837
(Commission File Number)
36-4802442
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
533 Maryville University Drive
St. Louis, Missouri 63141
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (314) 985-2000


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 ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Energizer Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at the Company’s World Headquarters on Monday, February 1, 2016. At the Annual Meeting, of the 61,798,438 shares outstanding and entitled to vote 56,017,322 shares were represented, constituting a quorum. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting are as follow:

Proposal 1:     Management’s nominees for director were elected to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2019 or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below:
 
Nominee
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain  
 
Broker Non-Votes
J. Patrick Mulcahy
  
49,858,867
 
132,297
 
23,211
 
6,002,947
Alan R. Hoskins
  
49,871,982
 
116,933
 
25,460
 
6,002,947
Kevin J. Hunt
  
49,482,269
 
506,867
 
25,239
 
6,002,947
Patrick J. Moore
 
49,768,929
 
163,254
 
82,192
 
6,002,947

Proposal 2:     The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2016 was ratified by the shareholders, by the votes set forth in the table below:
 
 
 
 
 
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
55,853,940
 
115,879
 
47,503
 
        
Proposal 3:     The Company’s executive compensation, as described in the Company’s 2015 Proxy Statement, was approved by the non-binding advisory votes of the shareholders set forth in the table below:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
48,142,512
 
1,795,507
 
76,356
 
6,002,947
 

Proposal 4:    The determination of the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation (every one, two or three years) received the non-binding advisory votes set forth in the table below:
 
 
 
 
 
 
One Year
Two Years
 Three Years
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
44,569,427
195,090
4,983,081
266,777
6,002,947



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The Board of Directors determined that the Company will hold annual Say-on-Pay votes until the next advisory vote on the frequency of Say-on-Pay votes occurs. The next non-binding advisory vote regarding the frequency of Say-on-Pay is required to be held no later than the Company's 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, although an earlier vote regarding the frequency of Say-on-Pay votes may be held at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

Proposal 5:     The material terms of the performance goals under the Energizer Holdings, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan, as described in the Company’s 2015 Proxy Statement, was approved by the votes of the shareholders set forth in the table below:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
46,545,763
 
3,388,657
 
79,955
 
6,002,947


Proposal 6:     The material terms of the performance goals under the Energizer Holdings, Inc. Executive Officer Bonus Plan, as described in the Company’s 2015 Proxy Statement, was approved by the votes of the shareholders set forth in the table below:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
49,009,488
 
924,425
 
80,462
 
6,002,947


Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
On February 1, 2016 Energizer Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of twenty-five cents ($0.25) per share on its Common Stock, payable on March 16, 2016 to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 19, 2016. A copy of the press release announcing the dividend declaration is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01, including the attached exhibit, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor shall such information or exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release dated February 1, 2016.

 
 
 



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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC.


By:  /s/ Brian K. Hamm                                                    
Brian K. Hamm
Chief Financial Officer


Dated: February 1, 2016
















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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description of Exhibit
99.1
 
Press Release dated February 1, 2016.



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