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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): April 30, 2025

 

 

 

Huntsman Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-32427   42-1648585
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)

 

10003 Woodloch Forest Drive    
The Woodlands, Texas   77380
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(281719-6000

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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

 

Registrant   Title of each class   Trading 
Symbol
  Name of each exchange
 on which registered

Huntsman Corporation

  Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share   HUN   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 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(e) Approval of Huntsman Corporation 2025 Stock Incentive Plan

 

As described in Item 5.07 below, on April 30, 2025 at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Huntsman Corporation (the “Company”), the Company’s stockholders approved the Huntsman Corporation 2025 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2025 Stock Incentive Plan”) in order to, among other items, reserve 4,650,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for issuance under the plan.

 

A summary of the 2025 Stock Incentive Plan is set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2025 (the “Proxy Statement”). That summary and the above description of the 2025 Stock Incentive Plan do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the 2025 Stock Incentive Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

(a) The Annual Meeting was held on April 30, 2025.

 

(b) The Company’s stockholders voted on the following four proposals (each described in detail in the Proxy Statement) at the Annual Meeting.

 

(c) American Election Services, LLC, the independent inspector of the elections (the “Inspector of Election”) for the Annual Meeting, delivered its final vote tabulation on April 30, 2025 that certified the final voting results for each of the matters that were submitted to a vote at the Annual Meeting. Set forth below are the final voting results as provided by the Inspector of Election.

 

(d) Each stockholder of record was entitled to one vote per share of common stock on each proposal. On March 7, 2025, the record date for the Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”), there were 173,747,479 shares of common stock outstanding. Present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy were holders of shares of common stock representing an aggregate of 149,972,882 votes, or 86.31% of the voting power entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting as of the Record Date, constituting a quorum.

 

Proposal 1 To elect as directors 10 nominees to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or her/his earlier resignation, removal or death.

 

   For  Against  Abstain  BNV  
Peter R. Huntsman  133,511,186  3,732,538  157,649  12,571,509  
Mary C. Beckerle  134,647,729  2,523,582  230,062  12,571,509  
Sonia Dulá  134,340,176  2,894,728  166,469  12,571,509  
Cynthia L. Egan  132,328,887  4,879,015  193,471  12,571,509  
Curtis E. Espeland  135,561,577  1,683,908  155,888  12,571,509  
Daniele Ferrari  136,568,263  659,355  173,755  12,571,509  
José Muñoz  135,543,479  1,688,383  169,511  12,571,509  
Jeanne McGovern  136,546,321  633,679  221,373  12,571,509  
David B. Sewell  136,657,575  586,343  157,455  12,571,509  
Jan E. Tighe  136,623,657  614,121  163,595  12,571,509  

 

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The stockholders voted to re-elect each of the Company’s director nominees to serve until the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or her/his earlier resignation, removal or death.

 

Proposal 2 The advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation.

 

For  Against  Abstain  BNV  
131,393,558  5,780,333  227,482  12,571,509  

 

The stockholders voted to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

Proposal 3 The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

 

For  Against  Abstain  
147,584,781  2,236,271  151,830  

 

The stockholders voted to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

 

Proposal 4 The approval of the 2025 Stock Incentive Plan.

 

For  Against  Abstain  BNV  
133,571,821  3,700,383  129,169  12,571,509  

 

The stockholders voted to approve the 2025 Stock Incentive Plan.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)Exhibits.

 

Number   Description of Exhibits
     
10.1   Huntsman Corporation 2025 Stock Incentive Plan
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

  

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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.

 

  HUNTSMAN CORPORATION
   
  /s/ DAVID M. STRYKER
  Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

Dated: May 2, 2025

 

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