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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):  May 13, 2021

 

CTS CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

IN

1-4639

35-0225010

(State or other jurisdiction  of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(1.R.S. Employer Identification No)

4925 Indiana Avenue

 

 

Lisle IL

 

60532

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:(630) 577-8800

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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:

 

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a12)

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240. l 4d2(b))

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4( c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, no par value

 

CTS

 

New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 

 


 

 

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

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 13, 2021. At the Annual Meeting, all director nominees were elected and all other proposals were approved. The proposals below are described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed on April 1, 2021 (the “Proxy Statement”) for the Annual Meeting. The final results were as follows:

PROPOSAL 1 – Election of seven directors until the next annual meeting of shareholders:

 

DIRECTOR NOMINEE

 

NUMBER OF VOTES FOR

 

NUMBER OF VOTES WITHHELD

 

NUMBER OF BROKER NON-VOTES

Donna Costello

 

28,918,378

 

104,736

 

795,106

Gordon Hunter

 

28,718,991

 

304,123

 

795,106

William S. Johnson

 

28,920,472

 

102,642

 

795,106

Ye Jane Li

 

28,844,304

 

178,810

 

795,106

Kieran O’Sullivan

 

28,246,710

 

776,404

 

795,106

Robert A. Profusek

 

28,349,577

 

673,537

 

795,106

Alfonso G. Zulueta

 

28,857,732

 

165,382

 

795,106

 

PROPOSAL 2 – Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement:

 

NUMBER OF VOTES FOR

 

NUMBER OF VOTES AGAINST

 

NUMBER OF ABSTENTIONS

 

NUMBER OF BROKER NON-VOTES

28,252,021

 

727,876

 

43,217

 

795,106

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROPOSAL 3 – Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021:

 

NUMBER OF VOTES FOR

 

NUMBER OF VOTES AGAINST

 

NUMBER OF ABSTENTIONS

29,698,327

 

117,467

 

2,426

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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: May 13, 2021

 

CTS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott D’Angelo

 

 

Scott D’Angelo

 

 

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary