Post Holdings, Inc. (OTCMKTS:POSTU) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

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Post Holdings, Inc. (OTCMKTS:POSTU) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Post Holdings, Inc. (OTCMKTS:POSTU) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02.

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

(e)

Approval of 2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan

On November 14, 2018, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Post Holdings, Inc. (the “Company” or “Post”) approved the Post Holdings, Inc. 2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2019 LTIP”), subject to shareholder approval. At Post’s 2019 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”), held on January 24, 2019, the shareholders of the Company considered and approved the 2019 LTIP. In general, the 2019 LTIP provides opportunities for employees, including executive officers and directors who are employees, and non-management directors to receive stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other stock-based and cash-based awards. A description of the terms of the 2019 LTIP can be found under the heading “Approval of Post Holdings, Inc. 2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan (Proxy Item No. 5)” in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 10, 2018 (the “2018 Proxy Statement”), which description is incorporated by reference herein. Such description is only a summary and does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the 2019 LTIP filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto, which is incorporated by reference herein.

(e)

Approval of New Forms of Award Agreements

On January 29, 2019, the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee of the Board approved new forms of award agreements, which will be used for grants of stock-settled restricted stock units and grants of stock options under the 2019 LTIP. The new Form of Stock-Settled Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Non-Management Directors) is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated by reference herein. The new Form of Stock-Settled Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (U.S. Employees) is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated by reference herein. The new Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement (U.S. Employees) is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company held its Annual Meeting at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis, 100 Carondelet Plaza, St. Louis, Missouri 63105 on Thursday, January 24, 2019. At the Annual Meeting, of the 66,681,344 shares outstanding and entitled to vote, 63,215,652 shares were represented, constituting a 94.80% quorum. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Proposal 1:

All of the nominees for director were elected to serve until the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2022 or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below:

Nominee

For

Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Percentage of Votes Cast For

Gregory L. Curl

58,444,410

299,136

4,472,106

99.49%

Ellen F. Harshman

58,459,450

284,096

4,472,106

99.52%

David P. Skarie

57,339,939

1,403,607

4,472,106

97.61%

Proposal 2:

The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2019 was ratified by the shareholders, by the votes set forth in the table below:

For

Against

Abstain

Percentage of Votes Cast For

62,177,531

924,829

113,292

98.36%

Proposal 3:

The Company’s executive compensation, as described in the 2018 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

Percentage of Votes Cast For

53,674,960

4,935,144

133,442

4,472,106

91.37%

Proposal 4:

The determination of the frequency of 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

49,766,242

5,890,344

2,958,586

128,374

4,472,106

Based on these results and other factors considered by the Board, the Board has determined that the Company will hold the advisory vote on executive compensation on an annual basis until the next required vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on the compensation of executives or the Board otherwise determines that a different frequency for such advisory votes is in the best interests of the shareholders of the Company.

Proposal 5:

The 2019 LTIP was approved by the shareholders, by the votes set forth in the table below:

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

Percentage of Votes Cast For

56,742,932

1,881,710

118,904

4,472,106

96.59%

Item 9.01.Financial Statement and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Post Holdings, Inc. Exhibit
EX-10.1 2 ex101-2019ltip.htm EXHIBIT 10.1 – PHI 2019 LTIP Exhibit Exhibit 10.1POST HOLDINGS,…
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