Form 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): April 21, 2011

 

 

NEWMARKET CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Commission File No. 1-32190

 

Virginia   20-0812170

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

330 South Fourth Street, Richmond, Virginia   23219
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (804) 788-5000

 

 

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.

On April 21, 2011 NewMarket Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The proposals listed below were submitted to a vote of shareholders, and are described in more detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2011 (the “Proxy Statement”). The results are as follows:

1. Shareholders elected each of the Company’s seven nominees to serve on its Board of Directors for the ensuing year, as set forth below:

 

Director

   Affirmative Votes      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Phyllis L. Cothran

     11,244,014         217,122         1,278,381   

Mark M. Gambill

     11,296,265         164,871         1,278,381   

Bruce C. Gottwald

     11,319,775         141,361         1,278,381   

Thomas E. Gottwald

     11,362,002         99,134         1,278,381   

Patrick D. Hanley

     10,821,945         639,191         1,278,381   

James E. Rogers

     11,361,069         100,067         1,278,381   

Charles B. Walker

     11,244,180         216,956         1,278,381   

2. The shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, as set forth below:

 

Affirmative Votes

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

12,392,117

   333,122    14,278

3. The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation program for its named executive officers disclosed in the Proxy Statement, as set forth below:

 

Affirmative Votes

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

11,165,216

   148,691    147,229    1,278,381

4. The option to hold advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every one year received the highest number of votes, as set forth below:

 

One Year

  

Two Years

  

Three Years

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

10,090,163

   20,936    1,200,428    149,609    1,278,381

Consistent with a majority of the advisory votes cast and the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors, the Company will hold a shareholder advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers annually, until the next vote on the frequency of such advisory votes.


SIGNATURE

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.

Date: April 27, 2011

 

NEWMARKET CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ David A. Fiorenza

  David A. Fiorenza
  Vice President and Treasurer