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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): May 20, 2021
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware001-1514942-0991521
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
2140 LAKE PARK BLVD.,
RICHARDSON, Texas75080
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (972) 497-5000 
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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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, par value $0.01 per shareLIINew York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth 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 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As previously announced, effective immediately following the Annual Meeting on May 20, 2021, John Major, a Class II Director, will retire from the Board of Directors of Lennox International Inc. (the “Company”), due to the mandatory age-based retirement provisions in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines.

Effective with Mr. Major’s retirement, the Company’s Board of Directors has reduced the size of the Board from eleven members to ten members.
Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On May 20, 2021, the Company held its Annual Meeting. During this meeting, the Company’s stockholders were asked to consider and vote upon three proposals: (1) the election of three Class II Directors to the Board of Directors to serve for a three-year term which expires at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2024; (2) an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the named executive officers; and (3) the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2021 fiscal year.

On the record date of March 23, 2021, there were 37,767,900 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to be voted at the annual meeting. For each proposal, the results of the stockholder voting were as follows:

Votes
 For
Votes Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

1.Election of director nominees to serve as Class II directors, for a term which expires at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2024
Sherry L. Buck
27,201,145 150,496 7,679,342 
Gregory T. Swienton
26,945,440 406,201 7,679,342 
Todd J. Teske
26,565,912 785,729 7,679,342 

Votes
For
Votes
Against
Votes
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
2. Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers
26,218,703 1,001,932 131,005 7,679,342 
This advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers received the approval of over 96% of the stockholders voting for and against this item.

Votes
For
Votes
Against
Votes
Abstain
3. Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2021
34,604,872 304,593 121,518 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)Exhibits.
EXHIBIT
NUMBER
  DESCRIPTION
  
104Inline XBRL for the cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K.




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.
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
   
Date: May 24, 2021
  
By: 
/s/ Monica M. Brown
Name: 
Monica M. Brown
Title: 
Assistant Secretary