UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  April 26, 2017
  
www.carlisle.com 
 
CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

					
Delaware
(State of incorporation)	 	1-9278
(Commission
File Number)	 	31-1168055
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)	
 
480-781-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number)  
 
16430 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 400, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254
(Address of principal executive offices)

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Item 5.02.      Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 26, 2017, Magalen C. Webert notified Carlisle Companies Incorporated (the “Company”) of her retirement from the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), effective immediately, in accordance with the Company’s eighteen year term limitation set forth in the Company’s Statement of Corporate Governance Guidelines and Principals. Mrs. Webert was a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Company prior to her retirement from the Board. Mrs. Webert’s retirement was not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

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

(a)	On April 26, 2017, the Company held its 2017 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”).	

(b)	At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders (i) elected all three of the directors nominated by the Board, (ii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2017 (the “2017 Proxy Statement”), (iii) voted, on an advisory basis, in favor of holding future advisory votes to approve the Company’s named executive officer compensation every year and (iv) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017. The proposals are further described in the 2017 Proxy Statement.	

(c)	Final voting results on each proposal submitted to the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:	

1. Election of directors:

									
Director	 	Votes For	 	Votes Against	 	Abstentions	 	Broker
Non-Votes	
Robert G. Bohn	 	70,314,141	 	1,024,714	 	33,857	 	3,836,000	
Terry D. Growcock	 	69,731,146	 	1,607,788	 	33,778	 	3,836,000	
Gregg A. Ostrander	 	70,351,682	 	986,693	 	34,337	 	3,836,000	

2. Advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation:

							
Votes For	 	Votes Against	 	Abstentions	 	Broker
Non-Votes	
64,301,506	 	6,972,424	 	98,782	 	3,836,000	

3. Advisory vote on frequency of future shareholder advisory votes to approve the Company’s executive compensation:

							
1 Year	 	2 Years	 	3 Years	 	Abstentions	
56,422,102	 	54,010	 	14,849,254	 	47,346	

4. Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP:

					
Votes For	 	Votes Against	 	Abstentions	
74,576,449	 	595,865	 	36,398	

(d)	In accordance with the recommendation of the Board, the Company’s shareholders voted, on an advisory basis, in favor of holding future advisory votes to approve the Company’s named executive officer compensation every year. Based on the voting results, the Company will include an advisory shareholder vote to approve the Company’s named executive officer compensation in its proxy materials on an annual basis until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of shareholder votes to approve the Company’s named executive officer compensation, which will occur no later than the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders in 2023.	

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.

	
				
 	 	CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED	
 	 	 	 	
Date:	May 1, 2017	By:	/s/ Steven J. Ford	
 	 	 	Steven J. Ford	
 	 	 	Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel