WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Leggett & Platt, Inc. (LEG) said Thursday that at their annual meeting, the company's shareholders elected as directors the 11 nominees proposed by the Board; ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the company's independent registered public accountant for 2013; approved the compensation of the company's executive officers; and rejected a shareholder proposal regarding the company's written non-discrimination policy.
Additionally, the company said its Board of Directors elected David Haffner as Chair. Haffner has served Leggett & Platt as CEO since 2006, and will continue in that capacity.He has been a director since 1995.
Haffner succeeds Richard Fisher, who was elected Vice Chair and Lead Director. Fisher served as Chair for 2008-2013, as Presiding Director for 2003-2008, and joined the company's board in 1972.
Leggett & Platt's Board of Directors announced a dividend of $0.29 per share for the second quarter, payable on July 15 to shareholders of record on June 14.
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