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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): July 22, 2021

 

ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-36557

51-0105665

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

4640 Trueman Boulevard,

Hilliard, Ohio 

 

43026

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (614) 658-0050

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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 Instructions A.2. below):

 

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(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

 

WMS

 

New York Stock Exchange

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 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

At the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) held on July 22, 2021, the Company’s stockholders voted to approve an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Company’s 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2017 Incentive Plan”) to increase the number of shares available for issuance under the 2017 Incentive Plan by 1,500,000 shares and extend the 2017 Incentive Plan’s duration until the tenth anniversary of the date the Amendment was approved by the stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

A summary of the material terms of the Amendment is included under “Proposal Four: Approval of Amendment to the 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan” in the Company’s 2021 Proxy Statement filed on June 9, 2021 (the “2021 Proxy Statement”), and is incorporated herein by reference. The summary of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which was filed as Annex A to the 2021 Proxy Statement.

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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.

 

 

ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: July 28, 2021

By:

 

/s/ Scott A. Cottrill

 

Name:

 

Scott A. Cottrill

 

Title:

 

EVP, CFO & Secretary

 

 

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