Current Report

 

 

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): October 27, 2010

 

 

PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Ohio   1-4982   34-0451060

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

6035 Parkland Blvd.

Cleveland, Ohio

   44124-4141
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (216) 896-3000

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:

 

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

 

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e) On October 27, 2010, the shareholders of the Company approved the Parker-Hannifin Corporation 2010 Performance Bonus Plan (the “2010 PBP”). Pursuant to the 2010 PBP, Eligible Executives, which includes the named executive officers, may receive from time to time short-term incentive bonuses payable in cash and long-term incentive bonuses payable in cash and/or stock. The 2010 PBP will enable the Company to deduct incentive bonuses paid under the 2010 PBP that qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended. The foregoing summary of the 2010 PBP is qualified in its entirety by reference to the 2010 PBP, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a) The Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company was held on October 27, 2010.

 

  (b)(i) The Shareholders elected the following directors for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2011, as follows:

 

     Votes For      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Vote  

Robert G. Bohn

      131,706,844         2,748,396         8,649,177   

Linda S. Harty

      129,551,070         4,904,170         8,649,177   

William E. Kassling

      133,283,293         1,171,947         8,649,177   

Robert J. Kohlhepp

      121,593,901         12,861,339         8,649,177   

Klaus-Peter Müller

      132,150,439         2,304,801         8,649,177   

Candy M. Obourn

      125,347,098         9,108,142         8,649,177   

Joseph M. Scaminace

      125,211,185         9,244,055         8,649,177   

Wolfgang R. Schmitt

      123,824,833         10,630,407         8,649,177   

Åke Svensson

      133,351,055         1,104,185         8,649,177   

Markos I. Tambakeras

      133,203,830         1,251,410         8,649,177   

James L. Wainscott

      125,342,073         9,113,167         8,649,177   

Donald E. Washkewicz

      131,010,905         3,444,335         8,649,177   

 

  (ii) The Shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, as follows:

 

For:

      140,683,423   

Against:

      1,979,505   

Abstain:

      441,489   

 

  (iii) The Shareholders approved the Parker-Hannifin Corporation 2010 Performance Bonus Plan, as follows:

 

For:

      127,335,342   

Against:

      6,291,874   

Abstain:

      822,814   

Broker Non-Votes:

      8,654,387   

 

  (iv) The Shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal to amend the Company’s Code of Regulations to separate the roles of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, as follows:

 

For:

      38,327,931   

Against:

      95,062,888   

Abstain:

      1,064,407   

Broker Non-Votes:

      8,649,191   

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

 

Exhibit No.

   

Description of Exhibit

10.1    Parker-Hannifin Corporation 2010 Performance Bonus Plan incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on September 27, 2010 (Commission File No. 1-4982).

 

SIGNATURE

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.

 

PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION

By:

  

/s/ Thomas A. Piraino, Jr.

  Thomas A. Piraino, Jr.
  Vice President and Secretary

Date: November 1, 2010

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

   

Description of Exhibit

10.1    Parker-Hannifin Corporation 2010 Performance Bonus Plan incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on September 27, 2010 (Commission File No. 1-4982).