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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 – May 27, 2010
(Date of Earliest Event Reported)
 
AK STEEL HOLDING CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Commission File No. 1-13696

 
Delaware
  
31-1401455
(State of Incorporation)
  
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
9227 Centre Pointe Drive
West Chester, OH
  
 
45069
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)

 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (513) 425-5000
 
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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of AK Steel Holding Corporation (the “Company”) previously approved, subject to stockholder approval, amendments to the Company’s Stock Incentive Plan that would (i) increase the total number of shares available for issuance by 3,000,000, (ii) extend the term of the Stock Incentive Plan by five years, though December 31, 2019, and (iii) revise the Stock Incentive Plan’s definition of “Change of Control” to narrow the circumstances upon which the outstanding equity awards under the Stock Incentive Plan automatically vest in the event of a change-of-control transaction.  The Company’s stockholders approved the proposed amendments to the Stock Incentive Plan at the Company’s 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 27, 2010 (the “Annual Meeting”).

For additional detail concerning the terms and conditions of the Stock Incentive Plan, please refer to the discussion in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2010 (the “2010 Proxy Statement”) under the captions “Proposal 4—Re-approval of the Material Terms of the Performance Goals Under the Company’s Stock Incentive Plan” and “Proposal 5—Approval of the Company’s Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan.”  The preceding description of the Stock Incentive Plan amendments and the discussion of the terms and conditions of the Stock Incentive Plan contained in the 2010 Proxy Statement are both qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, a copy of which is appended to the 2010 Proxy Statement as Annex B.

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

At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders approved all of the five proposals submitted to a vote.  Each proposal was described in detail in the 2010 Proxy Statement.  With respect to each of the proposals the Company’s stockholders voted as indicated below.

1.  
Election of Directors (Proposal 1):  Stockholders re-elected each of the following incumbent Directors for a one-year term to expire at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

   
For
    
Withhold
    
Broker Non-Votes
  
                   
Richard A. Abdoo
     69,903,555       3,654,560       19,379,886  
John S. Brinzo
     73,048,645          509,470       19,379,886  
Dennis C. Cuneo
     73,154,719          403,396       19,379,886  
William K. Gerber
     73,140,021          418,094       19,379,886  
Dr. Bonnie G. Hill
     71,156,489       2,401,626       19,379,886  
Robert H. Jenkins
     72,260,748       1,297,367       19,379,886  
Ralph S. Michael, III
     70,162,099       3,396,016       19,379,886  
Shirley D. Peterson
     73,135,578          422,537       19,379,886  
Dr. James A. Thomson
     72,367,328       1,190,787       19,379,886  
James L. Wainscott
     68,728,597       4,829,518       19,379,886  
 
2.  
Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm (Proposal 2):  Stockholders ratified the Audit Committee’s appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2010.

For
Against
 Abstentions
  91,619,029   1,239,154  79,817
 
 
 
 
 
3.  
Re-approval of Long-Term Performance Plan (Proposal 3):  Stockholders re-approved the material terms of the performance goals under the Company’s Long-Term Performance Plan.

For
Against
 Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
  71,539,229   1,872,705  146,181   19,379,886

4.  
Re-approval of Stock Incentive Plan (Proposal 4):  Stockholders re-approved the material terms of the performance goals under the Company’s Stock Incentive Plan.

For
Against
 Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
  68,298,748   5,092,299  167,068   19,379,886

5.  
Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (Proposal 5):  Stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Stock Incentive Plan.

For
Against
 Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
  53,598,488   19,792,630  166,996   19,379,886
 

 
 
 
 

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.




 
AK STEEL HOLDING CORPORATION
  
       
       
 
By:
/s/ David C. Horn
  
   
David C. Horn
  
   
Secretary
  
       
       
Dated: May 28, 2010