8-K 2015 Annual Shareholder Meeting Voting Results

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):
 
January 28, 2015

JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
Wisconsin
1-5097
39-0380010
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(State or other jurisdiction
____________________ 
(Commission
____________________________ 
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
 
 
 
5757 North Green Bay Avenue
Milwaukee Wisconsin
 

53209
_____________________________________________________________
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
__________________ 
(Zip Code)
 
 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
 
414-524-1200
 
Not Applicable
______________________________________________
Former name or former address, if changed since last report


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

Johnson Controls Inc. (the "Company") held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on January 28, 2015 (the "2015 Annual Meeting"). On January 29, 2015, the independent inspector of elections for the 2015 Annual Meeting delivered its final tabulation of voting results for each of the matters submitted to a vote at the Annual Meeting, certifying the voting results set forth below.

Proposal One:

In an uncontested election, the Company’s shareholders approved the election of the Board of Directors’ six director nominees, each to serve for a one-year term expiring in 2016 or until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified:

Nominee
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Vote
Natalie A. Black
508,449,185
12,546,091
72,432,126
Raymond L. Conner
513,280,280
7,714,996
72,432,126
Richard Goodman
513,901,075
7,094,201
72,432,126
William H. Lacy
510,788,085
10,207,191
72,432,126
Alex A. Molinaroli
499,214,952
21,780,324
72,432,126
Mark P. Vergnano
513,075,822
7,919,454
72,432,126

The other directors of the Company whose terms in office expire at the 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are as follows: David P. Abney, Julie L. Bushman, Eugenio Clariond Reyes-Retana and Jeffrey A. Joerres.

Proposal Two:

The Company’s shareholders approved the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2015 by the following vote:

For
Withheld
Abstain
581,127,529
8,548,505
3,751,368

Proposal Three:

The Company’s shareholders approved the management proposal to consider an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by the following vote:

For
Withheld
Abstain
Broker Non-Vote
495,382,043
18,402,778
7,209,535
72,433,046





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.

JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.

Date: February 2, 2015
 
By:
/s/ Brian J. Cadwallader
 
 
 
 
Name:
Brian J. Cadwallader
 
 
 
 
Title:
Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel