ChampionX Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a)-(b) The Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting was held on June 10, 2025. Holders of an aggregate of 191,436,551 shares of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on April 24, 2025 were entitled to vote at the meeting, of which 171,970,988, or approximately 89.8% of the eligible voting shares, were represented in person or by proxy. The final results of the matters voted upon at the meeting, which are more fully described in the Company’s proxy statement, are as follows:
1.The eight directors nominated to the Board to serve as directors until the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of shareholders were elected:
| Nominee | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | ||||||||||
| Heidi S. Alderman | 161,098,975 | 560,452 | 57,373 | 10,254,188 | ||||||||||
| Mamatha Chamarthi | 161,416,512 | 241,964 | 58,324 | 10,254,188 | ||||||||||
| Carlos A. Fierro | 161,423,675 | 234,655 | 58,470 | 10,254,188 | ||||||||||
| Gary P. Luquette | 160,622,916 | 1,034,915 | 58,969 | 10,254,188 | ||||||||||
| Elaine Pickle | 161,416,361 | 243,024 | 57,415 | 10,254,188 | ||||||||||
| Stuart Porter | 161,223,444 | 434,248 | 59,108 | 10,254,188 | ||||||||||
| Daniel W. Rabun | 157,663,868 | 3,991,892 | 61,040 | 10,254,188 | ||||||||||
| Sivasankaran Somasundaram | 161,407,310 | 242,505 | 66,985 | 10,254,188 | ||||||||||
2.The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm was ratified:
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| 171,286,490 | 620,528 | 63,970 | ||||||
3.The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for 2024 was approved on an advisory basis:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | ||||||||
| 153,613,908 | 7,707,788 | 395,104 | 10,254,188 | ||||||||
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.
| ChampionX Corporation | |||||||||||||||||
| Date: | June 10, 2025 | By: | /s/ JULIA WRIGHT | ||||||||||||||
Julia Wright | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||||||||||||||||