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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) May 7, 2014 (May 7, 2014)

 

 

GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-3671   13-1673581

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

2941 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 100, Falls Church, Virginia   22042-4513
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(703) 876-3000

(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:

 

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

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The voting results for matters submitted to the company’s shareholders for consideration at the Annual Meeting held on May 7, 2014, are set forth below.

In an uncontested election, each of the following nominees was elected to the Board of Directors according to the following votes:

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Votes
 

Mary T. Barra

     288,711,504         3,876,436         614,568         21,969,543   

Nicholas D. Chabraja

     290,651,053         2,231,147         320,308         21,969,543   

James S. Crown

     271,084,621         21,740,420         377,467         21,969,543   

William P. Fricks

     288,592,863         4,214,012         395,633         21,969,543   

Paul G. Kaminski

     288,108,981         4,696,289         397,238         21,969,543   

John M. Keane

     290,901,914         1,885,186         415,408         21,969,543   

Lester L. Lyles

     288,340,461         4,454,883         407,164         21,969,543   

James N. Mattis

     291,523,890         1,273,182         405,436         21,969,543   

Phebe N. Novakovic

     289,764,972         2,743,285         694,251         21,969,543   

William A. Osborn

     289,421,161         3,373,094         408,253         21,969,543   

Laura J. Schumacher

     290,723,603         2,064,731         414,174         21,969,543   

Robert Walmsley

     290,569,160         1,991,389         641,959         21,969,543   

The results of voting on Proposals 2 through 5 (as numbered in the company’s 2014 Proxy Statement) were as follows:

Proposal 2. Shareholders approved the selection of KPMG LLP as the company’s independent auditors for 2014.

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Votes
 

Approval of KPMG as Independent Auditors

     313,130,621         1,714,995         326,435         —     

 

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Proposal 3. Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K and contained in the 2014 Proxy Statement, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion.

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Votes
 

Advisory Vote to approve Executive Compensation

     229,971,538         62,598,042         632,928         21,969,543   

Proposal 4. Shareholders rejected a shareholder proposal requesting that the board adopt a policy that the chairman of the board be an independent director.

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Votes
 

Shareholder Proposal with regard to an Independent Board Chair

     72,064,253         220,650,200         488,055         21,969,543   

Proposal 5. Shareholders rejected a shareholder proposal requesting that management prepare a report on the company’s lobbying and related activities.

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Votes
 

Shareholder Proposal with regard to Lobbying Disclosure

     10,389,734         243,122,062         39,690,712         21,969,543   

 

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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.

 

GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION
  by  

/s/ Kimberly A. Kuryea

    Kimberly A. Kuryea
    Vice President and Controller
    (Authorized Officer and Chief Accounting Officer)

Dated: May 7, 2014

 

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