CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (NYSE:CRS) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (NYSE:CRS) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07 — Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Carpenter Technology Corporation (the “Company”) was held on October10, 2017. The following matters were voted on by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting and the final voting results for each matter are provided below.

Proposal No.1 – Election of Four Directors. The following nominees were elected to the Board of Directors for a term expiring in 2020:

Nominee

VotesFor

VotesWithheld

BrokerNon-Votes

Steven E. Karol

41,029,853

690,559

2,091,214

Robert R. McMaster

40,915,779

804,633

2,091,214

Gregory A. Pratt

40,677,165

1,043,247

2,091,214

Tony R. Thene

40,927,433

792,979

2,091,214

Proposal No.2 – Approval of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The Company’s stockholders approved the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2018:

VotesFor

VotesAgainst

Abstain

43,318,876

451,800

40,950

Proposal No.3 –Approval of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Officers, in an Advisory Vote. The Company’s stockholders approved the compensation of the Company’s named officers, in an advisory vote:

VotesFor

VotesAgainst

Abstain

BrokerNon-Votes

30,158,805

11,458,706

102,901

2,091,214

Proposal No.4 –Approval, on a Non-Binding Advisory Basis, of the Frequency of the Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company’s “Named Executive Officers”. The Company’s stockholders approved one year as the frequency of the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s “named executive officers”:

OneYear

TwoYears

ThreeYears

Abstain

BrokerNon-Votes

33,440,225

150,581

8,077,301

52,305

2,091,214


About CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (NYSE:CRS)

Carpenter Technology Corporation is engaged in the manufacturing, fabrication and distribution of specialty metals. The Company’s segments include Specialty Alloys Operations (SAO) and Performance Engineered Products (PEP). Its SAO segment consists of alloy and stainless steel manufacturing operations. Its PEP segment includes the Dynamet titanium business, the Carpenter Powder Products business, the Amega West business, the Specialty Steel Supply business and the Latrobe and Mexico distribution businesses. It develops, manufactures and distributes cast/wrought and powder metal stainless steels, and special alloys, including high temperature (iron-nickel-cobalt base), stainless, corrosion resistant, controlled expansion alloys, ultra-high strength and implantable alloys, tool and die steels and other specialty metals, as well as cast/wrought titanium alloys. The Company manufactures and rents down-hole drilling tools and components used in the oil and gas industry.