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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): February 19, 2021

 

BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

000-50924

36-4173371

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

505 Huntmar Park Drive, Suite 300, Herndon, VA 20170

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(571323-3939

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

 

BECN

 

NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. 

 

 

 

 


 

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

(a) 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

On February 19, 2021, the Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

(b) Voting Results

Proposal No. 1 - Shareholders elected eleven directors to hold office until the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified. The final votes with respect to each director nominee were:

 

 

For

 

 

Withheld

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Philip W. Knisely

 

 

72,025,736

 

 

 

685,706

 

 

 

2,101,749

 

Julian G. Francis

 

 

72,119,238

 

 

 

592,204

 

 

 

2,101,749

 

Carl T. Berquist

 

 

72,339,830

 

 

 

371,612

 

 

 

2,101,749

 

Barbara G. Fast

 

 

71,043,603

 

 

 

1,667,839

 

 

 

2,101,749

 

Richard W. Frost

 

 

58,991,273

 

 

 

13,720,169

 

 

 

2,101,749

 

Alan Gershenhorn

 

 

66,991,049

 

 

 

5,720,393

 

 

 

2,101,749

 

Robert M. McLaughlin

 

 

72,219,005

 

 

 

492,437

 

 

 

2,101,749

 

Neil S. Novich

 

 

71,734,832

 

 

 

976,610

 

 

 

2,101,749

 

Stuart A. Randle

 

 

66,770,828

 

 

 

5,940,614

 

 

 

2,101,749

 

Nathan K. Sleeper

 

 

72,090,569

 

 

 

620,873

 

 

 

2,101,749

 

Douglas L. Young

 

 

72,215,199

 

 

 

496,243

 

 

 

2,101,749

 

 

Proposal No. 2 - Shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021. The final votes were:

For

 

 

73,757,133

 

Against

 

 

904,629

 

Abstain

 

 

151,429

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

Proposal No. 3 – Shareholders approved the compensation for the Company’s named executive officers as presented in in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 15, 2021 on a non-binding, advisory basis. The final votes were:

For

 

 

70,799,263

 

Against

 

 

1,753,378

 

Abstain

 

 

158,801

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

2,101,749

 

 


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.

 

 

 

BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: February 23, 2021

 

By:

/s/ FRANK A. LONEGRO

 

 

 

Frank A. Lonegro

 

 

 

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer