8-K


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 3, 2016
 
The Manitowoc Company, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Wisconsin
 
1-11978
 
39-0448110
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission File
Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
2400 S. 44th Street, Manitowoc, Wisconsin 54221-0066
(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)
 
(920) 684-4410
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 3, 2016, The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2016 Annual Meeting”). At the 2016 Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on: (i) the election of eight directors; (ii) the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016; (iii) an advisory proposal to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement, dated March 18, 2016, as revised, for the 2016 Annual Meeting (the “2016 Proxy Statement”); and (iv) a shareholder proposal regarding shareholder rights plans (“poison pills”).

The nominees named below were elected as directors at the 2016 Annual Meeting to each serve a one-year term expiring at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2017, or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, by the indicated votes cast:
Name of Nominee
For
Withheld
Broker Nonvotes
José Maria Alapont
104,927,244
2,399,282
19,488,066
Robert G. Bohn
101,633,812
5,692,714
19,488,066
Anne M. Cooney
105,133,133
2,193,393
19,488,066
Kenneth W. Krueger
101,309,907
6,016,619
19,488,066
Jesse A. Lynn
104,394,516
2,932,010
19,488,066
C. David Myers
105,134,481
2,192,045
19,488,066
Barry L. Pennypacker
104,979,637
2,346,889
19,488,066
John C. Pfeifer
105,271,303
2,055,223
19,488,066
 
The Company is in the process of phasing out the classification of its Board of Directors. The term of Donald M. Condon, Jr., who was not up for election at the 2016 Annual Meeting, expires at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s registered independent public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, was ratified by the indicated votes cast:
For
Against
Abstentions
Broker Nonvotes
124,379,532
891,210
1,543,850
0

The advisory proposal seeking approval of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the 2016 Proxy Statement, was approved by the indicated votes cast:
For
Against
Abstentions
Broker Nonvotes
97,537,643
8,008,446
1,780,429
19,488,074

The shareholder proposal regarding shareholder rights plans (“poison pills”) was approved by the indicated votes cast:
For
Against
Abstentions
Broker Nonvotes
73,324,667
31,947,654
2,054,196
19,488,075

Further information concerning the matters voted upon at the 2016 Annual Meeting is contained in the 2016 Proxy Statement.








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 thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
THE MANITOWOC COMPANY, INC.
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
 
DATE: May 9, 2016
 
/s/ Louis F. Raymond
 
 
Louis F. Raymond
 
 
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary