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): June 3, 2019
 
Acushnet Holdings Corp.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

	
			
Delaware	001-37935	45-2644353	
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)	(Commission
File Number)	(IRS Employer
Identification No.)	
 
333 Bridge Street
Fairhaven, Massachusetts 02719
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
(800) 225‑8500
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
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 Exchange Act:

					
Title of each class	 	Trading Symbol(s)	 	Name of each exchange on which registered	
Common Stock - $0.001 par value per share	 	GOLF	 	New 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 5.07       Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On June 3, 2019, the Company held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. For more information on the following proposals submitted to stockholders, see the Company’s definitive proxy statement dated April 12, 2019.  Below are the final voting results.

Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors
 
Stockholders elected the director nominees listed below to serve as members of the Company’s Board of Directors. The voting results for each nominee were as follows:

	

Name	 	Votes For	 	Votes Withheld	 	Broker Non-Votes	
Jennifer Estabrook	 	61,500,748	 	11,319,633	 	1,728,983	
Gregory Hewett	 	71,061,429	 	1,758,952	 	1,728,983	
David Maher	 	64,406,648	 	8,413,733	 	1,728,983	
Sean Sullivan	 	70,067,583	 	2,752,798	 	1,728,983	
Steven Tishman	 	71,011,443	 	1,808,938	 	1,728,983	
Walter Uihlein	 	62,996,498	 	9,823,883	 	1,728,983	
Norman Wesley	 	68,993,433	 	3,826,948	 	1,728,983	
Keun Chang (Kevin) Yoon	 	63,014,088	 	9,806,293	 	1,728,983	
Yoon Soo (Gene) Yoon	 	63,033,693	 	9,786,688	 	1,728,983	

Proposal No. 2 - Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. The voting results were as follows:

	

Votes For	 	Votes Against	 	Votes Abstained	 	Broker Non-Votes	
73,101,961	 	1,381,258	 	66,145	 	n/a	

Proposal No. 3 - Non-Binding Vote to Approve Executive Compensation
 
Stockholders approved, in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for fiscal year 2018. The voting results were as follows:

	

Votes For	 	Votes Against	 	Votes Abstained	 	Broker Non-Votes	
71,973,428	 	821,628	 	25,325	 	1,728,983	

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.

	
			
 	ACUSHNET HOLDINGS CORP.	
 	 	
 	By:	/s/ Brendan M. Gibbons	
 	Name:	Brendan M. Gibbons	
 	Title:	Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary	
 
Date: June 4, 2019