GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING COMPANY (NYSE:GPK) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

ME Staff 8-k

8 years ago

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
Arrangements of Certain Officers

Effective May 23, 2017, Mr. Harold R. Logan, Jr., one of the
members of the Board of Directors of Graphic Packaging Holding
Company (the Company), resigned from the Board. Mr. Logans
resignation did not result from any disagreement with the Company
or its management.

On May 24, 2017, the Board elected Mr. Peter Kelly to the Board
of Directors. Mr. Kelly will serve as one of the Class III
Directors, whose terms expire in 2019. Mr. Kelly is not party to
any transaction requiring disclosure to Item 404(a) of Regulation
S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.

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

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 24,
2017. Of the 311,533,304 shares of common stock eligible to vote
at the Annual Meeting, 287,199,237 were represented in person or
by proxy. The final results of voting are as follows:

1. Election of Directors:



Director	For	Withheld
G. Andrea Botta	263,525,520	6,415,152
Michael P. Doss	267,865,934	2,074,738
Larry M. Venturelli	267,868,106	2,072,566


2.	Ratification of the selection of Ernst Young LLP as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm:



For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
285,909,067	639,279	650,891


3.	Approval of the compensation paid to the Companys named executive officers set forth in the Proxy Statement:



For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
262,727,821	6,463,847	749,004	17,258,565


4.	Recommend the frequency of the stockholders vote to approve the compensation of the Companys named executive officers:



One Year	Two Years	Three Years	Abstain
250,507,816	31,189	18,539,735	861,932

About GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING COMPANY (NYSE:GPK)
Graphic Packaging Holding Company is a provider of paper-based packaging solutions for a range of products to food, beverage and other consumer product companies. The Company’s segments include Paperboard Mills, Americas Paperboard Packaging, Europe Paperboard Packaging, Flexible Packaging, and Corporate and Other. The Paperboard Mills segment includes the Company’s approximately seven North American paperboard mills, which produce primarily coated unbleached kraft (CUK) and coated recycled board (CRB). The Americas Paperboard Packaging segment includes paperboard packaging folding cartons sold primarily to consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies serving the food, beverage and consumer product markets in the Americas. The Europe Paperboard Packaging includes paperboard packaging folding cartons sold primarily to CPG companies serving the food, beverage and consumer product markets in Europe. The Corporate and Other segment includes the Pacific Rim operating segment. GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING COMPANY (NYSE:GPK) Recent Trading Information
GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING COMPANY (NYSE:GPK) closed its last trading session up +0.01 at 13.52 with 3,726,292 shares trading hands.