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 28, 2016

 

 

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 28, 2016 NewMarket Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2016 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 14, 2016. 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 Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
Phyllis L. Cothran		10,011,847		246,596		4,409		819,669
Mark M. Gambill		10,177,487		82,992		2,373		819,669
Bruce C. Gottwald		10,036,878		220,702		5,272		819,669
Thomas E. Gottwald		10,174,150		78,034		10,668		819,669
Patrick D. Hanley		10,153,397		103,588		5,867		819,669
H. Hiter Harris, III		10,176,598		83,554		2,700		819,669
James E. Rogers		10,211,317		48,947		2,588		819,669

2. The shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, as set forth below:

 

Affirmative Votes		Votes Against		Abstentions
10,896,770		168,521		17,230

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
10,109,691		133,280		19,881		819,669

Item 8.01. Other Events

On April 28, 2016, the Company issued a press release reporting that the Company’s Board of Directors had declared a dividend of $1.60 per share of the Company’s common stock, payable on July 1, 2016 to the Company’s shareholders of record as of June 15, 2016. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)

Exhibits.

 

99.1		Press release regarding the quarterly dividend issued by the Company on April 28, 2016.

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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 29, 2016

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release regarding the quarterly dividend issued by the Company on April 28, 2016.