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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
(a) The 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Huntsman Corporation (the “Company”) was held on May 1, 2020 (the “Annual Meeting”).
(b) The record date for the Annual Meeting was March 5, 2020. At the close of business on the record date, there were 222,952,837 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding, each of which was entitled to one vote on each item of business conducted at the Annual Meeting.
(c) The Company’s stockholders voted on the following four proposals (each described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2020) at the Annual Meeting and cast their votes as follows:
Proposal 1 | The eight nominees named below were elected to serve as directors of the board of directors, to serve until the 2021 Annual Meeting, and the voting results were as follows: |
Directors | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
Peter R. Huntsman | 175,197,891 | 8,437,400 | 198,678 | 19,994,714 | ||||||||||||
Nolan D. Archibald | 173,313,202 | 10,404,614 | 116,153 | 19,994,714 | ||||||||||||
Mary C. Beckerle | 181,000,446 | 2,749,685 | 83,838 | 19,994,714 | ||||||||||||
M. Anthony Burns | 181,131,004 | 2,593,812 | 109,153 | 19,994,714 | ||||||||||||
Daniele Ferrari | 176,729,143 | 7,014,717 | 90,109 | 19,994,714 | ||||||||||||
Sir Robert J. Margetts | 179,455,154 | 4,270,807 | 108,008 | 19,994,714 | ||||||||||||
Wayne A. Reaud | 173,556,875 | 10,163,408 | 113,686 | 19,994,714 | ||||||||||||
Jan E. Tighe | 182,076,580 | 1,668,139 | 89,250 | 19,994,714 |
Proposal 2 | The non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved as set forth below. |
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
145,067,539 | 38,494,195 | 272,235 | 19,994,714 |
Proposal 3 | The appointment of Deloitte& Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2020 was ratified, and the voting results were as follows. |
For | Against | Abstain | ||||||||
195,396,219 | 8,299,444 | 133,020 |
Proposal 4 | The stockholder proposal to enact stockholder right to act by written consent was defeated by the votes set forth below. |
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
80,355,572 | 102,781,722 | 696,675 | 19,994,714 |
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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.
HUNTSMAN CORPORATION | |
/s/ DAVID M. STRYKER | |
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |
Dated: May 6, 2020 |
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