TRACTOR SUPPLY CO /DE/ (Form: 8-K, Received: 05/08/2020 17:02:26)

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 8, 2020 (May 7, 2020)

Tractor Supply Company

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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	000-23314	13-3139732
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

5401 Virginia Way, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (615) 440-4000


Not Applicable
Former name or former address, if changed since last report

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.008 par value

TSCO

NASDAQ Global Select Market

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

The 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Tractor Supply Company (the “Company”) was held on May 7, 2020. At the meeting, the shareholders elected each of the Company’s nominees for director to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified. In addition, at the meeting, the shareholders ratified the re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 26, 2020, voted in favor of the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company on an advisory and non-binding basis, and approved an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the supermajority voting requirements contained therein.

The voting results of the director elections, ratification of the re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP, advisory vote on the

compensation of the named executive officers, and the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the supermajority voting requirements contained therein, which were described in more detail in the definitive proxy statement relating to the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders that the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2020, are set forth below.

(1) Each director was elected by the following tabulation:


	For	Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Cynthia T. Jamison	83,528,719	8,258,743	13,111,246
Ricardo Cardenas	91,287,254	500,207	13,111,246
Denise L. Jackson	91,218,263	569,198	13,111,246
Thomas A. Kingsbury	91,290,094	497,367	13,111,246
Ramkumar Krishnan	91,206,248	581,214	13,111,246
George MacKenzie	86,417,538	5,369,924	13,111,246
Edna K. Morris	85,556,819	6,230,643	13,111,246
Mark J. Weikel	91,230,755	556,707	13,111,246
Harry A. Lawton III	91,223,881	563,581	13,111,246

(2) Ratification of the re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting

firm for the fiscal year ending December 26, 2020 was approved by the following tabulation:


For	Against	Abstain
102,218,007	2,493,350	187,350

(3) The compensation of the named executive officers of the Company was approved on an advisory and non-binding basis by the following tabulation:


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
82,254,525	8,301,063	1,231,874	13,111,246

(4) The amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the supermajority voting requirements contained therein was approved by the following tabulation:


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
91,253,554	332,183	201,725	13,111,246

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.

Tractor Supply Company

May 8, 2020

By:

/s/ Kurt D. Barton

Name: Kurt D. Barton

Title: Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer