f8k-042514.htm
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): April 24, 2014
 
Astec Industries, Inc.
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Tennessee
 
001-11595
 
62-0873631
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

1725 Shepherd Road
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (423) 899-5898
 
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
 
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Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Astec Industries, Inc. (the Company) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 24, 2014.  The following is a summary of the matters voted on at the meeting:

(a)  The results of the voting for the election of three directors in Class I to each serve a three-year term were as follows:

   
For
   
Withheld
   
Broker
 Non-Votes
 
William D. Gehl
   
20,088,873
     
813,709
     
1,421,067
 
William G. Dorey
   
20,001,207
     
901,375
     
1,421,067
 
Charles F. Potts
   
20,834,659
     
67,923
     
1,421,067
 

(b)  The results of the voting on a non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s executive officers were as follows:

Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker
 Non-Votes
19,969,825
 
97,842
 
834,915
   1,421,067
 
 

(c)  The results of the voting for the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2014 were as follows:

Votes For
   
Votes Against
   
Abstain
 
 22,219,417
     64,583     39,649  

 
Item 8.01.  Other Events

On April 24, 2014, the Board of Directors of Astec Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) declared a quarterly cash dividend of ten cents ($0.10) per share of Company common stock to be paid on or after May 29, 2014 to the Company’s common shareholders of record as of May 12, 2014.
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
Date: April 28, 2014
ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.
 
 
By:/s/ David C. Silvious
David C. Silvious
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)