SEABOARD CORP /DE/

Regulatory Filings • Apr 23, 2019

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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) April 22, 2019

Seaboard Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-3390	04-2260388
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)
9000 West 67th Street, Merriam, Kansas	66202
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (913) 676-8800

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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging grown 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).

Emerging growth company ☐

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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Seaboard Corporation held its annual meeting of stockholders on April 22, 2019 in Waltham, Massachusetts. Two items were submitted to a vote as described in Seaboard’s Proxy Statement dated March 8, 2019. The following table briefly describes the proposals and results of the stockholders’ vote.

	Votes in	Votes
	Favor	Withheld
1. Election of the following persons as directors:
Steven J. Bresky	1,032,376	89,643
David A. Adamsen	1,109,047	12,972
Douglas W. Baena	1,114,832	7,187
Edward I. Shifman, Jr.	1,113,789	8,230
Paul M. Squires	1,029,555	92,464

	Votes in	Votes	Votes
	Favor	Against	Abstaining
2. Ratification and approval of the selection of KPMG LLP	1,148,379	1,285	1,457
as independent auditors for 2019.

There were 29,103 broker non-votes each with respect to the election of directors. There was 1 broker non-vote with respect to the selection of independent auditors.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: April 23, 2019
Seaboard Corporation
(Registrant)
By:	/s/ Robert L. Steer
	Robert L. Steer, Executive Vice President,
	Chief Financial Officer

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