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 (Date of earliest event reported) April 22, 2010

 

 

NEWMARKET CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Virginia   1-32190   20-0812170

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

file number)

 

(IRS employer

identification no.)

 

330 South Fourth Street, Richmond, Virginia   23219
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (804) 788-5000

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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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the annual meeting of NewMarket shareholders held on April 22, 2010, the shareholders elected the directors nominated in the NewMarket Proxy Statement, dated March 3, 2010, with the following affirmative votes and votes withheld:

 

Director

   Affirmative Votes    Votes Withheld    Broker Non-Votes

Phyllis L. Cothran

   12,556,652    222,183    1,017,774

Mark M. Gambill

   12,438,979    339,856    1,017,774

Bruce C. Gottwald

   12,587,157    191,678    1,017,774

Thomas E. Gottwald

   12,620,410    158,425    1,017,774

Patrick D. Hanley

   11,926,979    851,856    1,017,774

James E. Rogers

   12,642,243    136,592    1,017,774

Charles B. Walker

   12,558,594    220,241    1,017,774

The shareholders also approved the following proposal:

 

Proposal

   Affirmative
Votes
   Votes
Against
   Abstentions
To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010    13,618,296    168,167    10,146

There were no broker non-votes with respect to the ratification of our independent registered public accounting firm.


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.

Date: April 27, 2010

 

NEWMARKET CORPORATION
By:  

/S/    DAVID A. FIORENZA        

  David A. Fiorenza
  Vice President and Treasurer