8-K 1 c402-20220609x8k.htm 8-K Form 8-K June 2022

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):  June 9, 2022



GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in Charter)



New York
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

000-00255
(Commission File Number)

13-0794380
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)



34 North Meramec Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)



Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (314) 573-9200



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 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.



At the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 9, 2022,  the shareholders voted to elect 9 members to the Company’s thirteen-member Board of Directors.  The following tables set forth the final number of votes for, withheld and abstaining on each matter. 



 

 

 

 

Director Nominees

 

For

Withheld

Abstain

 

 

 

 

 

D. A. Bender

 

19,164,305

-0-

-0-

D. E. DeSousa

 

19,164,305

-0-

-0-

M. W. Geekie

 

19,164,305

-0-

-0-

R. H. Harvey

 

19,164,305

-0-

-0-

W. P. Mansfield

 

19,164,305

-0-

-0-

D. G. Maxwell

 

19,164,305

-0-

-0-

K. M. Mazzarella

 

19,164,305

-0-

-0-

D. M. Meyer

 

19,164,305

-0-

-0-

B. L. Propst

 

19,164,305

-0-

-0-



In addition, the shareholders approved the 2022 Three-Year Common Stock Purchase Plan.      The following table sets forth the final number of votes for, against and abstaining on the proposal to approve the 2022 Three-Year Common Stock Purchase Plan. 





 

 

 

 

Proposal

 

For

Withheld

Abstain

Approval of 2022 Three-Year Common Stock Plan

 

19,164,305

-0-

-0-

Broker non-votes are not shown for either proposal because there is no public trading market for the Company’s Common Stock and no brokers hold shares for any underlying beneficial owners of such shares.




 



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.





 



GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.



 

Date:June 9, 2022

 

 

By:         /s/ Matthew W. Geekie



Matthew W. Geekie



Senior Vice President, Secretary &



General Counsel