Unassociated Document
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
May
12, 2010
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
QUAKER
CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission
File Number 001-12019
PENNSYLVANIA
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No.
23-0993790
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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One
Quaker Park
901
E. Hector Street
Conshohocken,
Pennsylvania 19428
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(610)
832-4000
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(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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Not
Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last
report)
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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:
o Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
o Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
INFORMATION
TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
Item
5.07. Submission of
Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 12, 2010, Quaker Chemical
Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the
“Annual Meeting”). As of March 5, 2010, the record date for the
Annual Meeting, the holders of 1,222,953 shares of the Company’s common stock
were entitled to cast ten votes for each share held and the holders of 9,924,374
shares of the Company’s common stock were entitled to cast one vote for each
share held, for a total of 22,153,904 votes. Shareholders present in
person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting were entitled to cast 19,844,360
votes. Set forth below are the matters acted upon by the shareholders
at the Annual Meeting and the final voting results of each such
proposal.
Proposal No. 1 – Election of
Directors
The shareholders elected three
directors to serve a three-year term until the 2013 annual meeting of
shareholders and until their respective successors are elected and
qualified. The results of the vote were as follows:
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For
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Withheld
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Broker Non-Votes
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Joseph
B. Anderson, Jr.
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18,388,535
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349,542
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1,106,283
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Patricia
C. Barron
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18,431,783
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306,294
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1,106,283
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Edwin
J. Delattre
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18,387,230
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350,847
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1,106,283
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Proposal No. 2 – Ratification of the
Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year
2010
The shareholders voted to ratify the
appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2010. The
results of the vote were as follows:
For
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Against
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Abstaining
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19,634,801
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153,556
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56,003
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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.
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QUAKER
CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Registrant
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By:
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/s/
D. Jeffry Benoliel
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D.
Jeffry Benoliel |
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Vice
President – Global Strategy, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary
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