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BRIGGS & STRATTON CORP FILES (8-K) Disclosing Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits(Edgar Glimpses Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On October 15, 2014, the shareholders of Briggs & Stratton Corporation (the "Corporation") approved the Briggs & Stratton Corporation 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "2014 Plan"). The 2014 Plan is intended to motivate participants through performance-related incentives, align the interests of participants with those of the Corporation's shareholders and enable the Corporation to attract and retain qualified and competent persons as employees and members of its Board of Directors. The 2014 Plan provides for a variety of awards, including stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance share units, performance units and other stock-based and cash-based awards, as described in the Corporation's Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 4, 2014 (the "2014 Proxy Statement"). The foregoing description of the 2014 Plan is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the 2014 Plan, which was included as Exhibit B to the 2014 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference. 2-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIESITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation was held on October 15, 2014 with the following results: The following nominees were elected to serve three-year terms on the Corporation's Board of Directors by the following votes: For Withheld Broker Non-VotesKeith R. McLoughlin 36,786,433 619,719 4,209,574 Henrik C. Slipsager 36,804,912 601,240 4,209,574 Brian C. Walker 36,788,386 617,766 4,209,574 Directors of the Corporation whose terms of office continued after the Annual Meeting are as follows: James E. Humphrey, Frank M. Jaehnert, Patricia L. Kampling, Charles I. Story and Todd J. Teske. Deloitte & Touche LLP was ratified as the Corporation's independent auditors by the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 41,209,374 190,203 216,149 - The advisory proposal to approve executive compensation was approved by the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 35,639,406 1,459,110 307,636 4,209,574 The 2014 Plan was approved by the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 33,471,045 3,654,859 280,248 4,209,574 3-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIESItem 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d) Exhibits Exhibit No. Description 10.1 Briggs & Stratton Corporation 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit B to the Corporation's Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 4, 2014). 4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES |