Form 8-K

 

 

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: August 8, 2018

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

CA, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

1-9247   13-2857434
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

520 Madison Avenue

New York, New York

  10022
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(800) 225-5224

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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 Instruction A.2. below):

 

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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).

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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.

On August 8, 2018, effective upon the election of directors at the CA, Inc. (the “Company”) 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2018 Annual Meeting”), Arthur F. Weinbach retired as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), having reached the mandatory retirement age set forth in the Company’s Corporate Governance Principles. Also effective upon the election of directors at the 2018 Annual Meeting, Laura S. Unger retired from the Board. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Weinbach had also served as a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee of the Board. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Unger had also served as a member of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”) and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board. Upon Mr. Weinbach’s and Ms. Unger’s retirements and the election of ten (10) directors at the Annual Meeting, the size of the Board was reduced from eleven (11) to ten (10) directors.

On August 8, 2018, the Board elected Michael P. Gregoire, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and a current director on the Board, to serve as Chairman of the Board following Mr. Weinbach’s retirement. Mr. Gregoire’s compensation will not change in connection with his service as Chairman of the Board. A copy of the press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Gregoire is furnished hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Also on August 8, 2018, the Board elected Rohit Kapoor, a current director on the Board, to serve as Lead Independent Director of the Board following Mr. Weinbach’s retirement, in accordance with the Company’s Corporate Governance Principles. 

On August 8, 2018, the Compensation Committee of the Board took the following actions:

 

   

Approved an amendment to the Company’s 2011 Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”) to clarify (i) that certain vesting provisions contained in the 2011 Plan that arise in connection with a change of control would apply to all types of equity-based awards granted under the 2011 Plan prior to July 11, 2018, including awards of restricted stock units, and (ii) how certain definitions used in the 2011 Plan would apply to any vesting acceleration provisions that might apply to these outstanding awards under the 2011 Plan.

 

   

Approved an amendment to the Company’s Change in Control Severance Policy (the “Severance Policy”) to provide that to the extent the payments and benefits payable thereunder would constitute “excess parachute payments” for purposes of Section 280G under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), such payments and benefits would be either (1) paid in full, or (2) be reduced so that no payments or benefits would be treated as “excess parachute payments,” whichever would result in a greater net-after-tax amount to a participant after taking into account any excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code and any applicable federal, state and local taxes.

Copies of the 2011 Plan and the Severance Policy, both as amended, are furnished hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively.


Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a) The Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting was held on August 8, 2018.

The Company’s stockholders voted on the matters outlined in the Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2018.

(b) The final voting results on the proposals presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting are set forth below.

1. Proposal 1 – Election of Directors:

 

     Shares For      Shares Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes  

Jens Alder

     351,383,042        4,929,310        244,901        16,557,291  

Nancy A. Altobello

     355,410,712        892,840        253,701        16,557,291  

Raymond J. Bromark

     350,584,178        5,716,505        256,570        16,557,291  

Michael P. Gregoire

     354,596,108        1,706,285        254,860        16,557,291  

Jean M. Hobby

     355,403,440        897,372        256,441        16,557,291  

Rohit Kapoor

     352,661,752        3,632,200        263,301        16,557,291  

Jeffrey G. Katz

     354,817,177        1,450,298        289,778        16,557,291  

Kay Koplovitz

     331,743,522        24,004,490        809,241        16,557,291  

Christopher B. Lofgren

     326,039,096        30,249,558        268,599        16,557,291  

Richard Sulpizio

     330,222,539        26,072,893        261,821        16,557,291  

2. Proposal 2 – Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019:

 

     Shares For      Shares Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes

Proposal 2

     367,502,278        5,288,237        324,029      0

3. Proposal 3 – Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers:

 

     Shares For      Shares Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes

Proposal 3

     322,967,395        33,206,598        383,260      16,557,291

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

  No.  

  

Description

10.1    2011 Incentive Plan, as amended and restated.
10.2    Change in Control Severance Policy, as amended.
99.1    Press release dated August 8, 2018.


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

10.1    2011 Incentive Plan, as amended and restated.
10.2    Change in Control Severance Policy, as amended.
99.1    Press release dated August 8, 2018.


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.

 

    CA, Inc.
Date: August 10, 2018     By:  

/s/ Ava M. Hahn

      Ava M. Hahn
     

Executive Vice President, General Counsel,

Corporate Secretary and Chief Ethics and

Compliance Officer