UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 10-Q QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FORM 10-Q
(Amendment No. 1)
For the period ended March 31, 1998
Commission file number 1-3940
National-Standard Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Indiana 38-1493458
(State or other jurisdiction of (IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
1618 Terminal Road, Niles, Michigan 49120
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(616) 683-8100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether registrant (1) has filed all reports required to
be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
[X] Yes [ ] No
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of
common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Title of Each Class Shares Outstanding at May 1, 1998
Common Stock, $ .01 par value 5,235,412
Part II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
(a) The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Registrant was
held on January 22, 1998.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) 1. Set forth below is the tabulation of the votes on
each nominee for election as a director to serve until the annual meeting in
2001:
WITHHOLD
NAME FOR AUTHORITY
David F. Craigmile 4,635,255 443,232
Ranko Cucuz 4,638,970 439,517
Donald F. Walter 4,581,384 497,103
2. The 1993 National-Standard Stock Option Plan
Allocation of Additional Shares was approved as follows:
FOR AGAINST WITHHELD
3,532,464 516,967 15,063
3. The Shareholder Proposal was not approved as follows:
FOR AGAINST WITHHELD
756,681 3,127,042 29,237
(d) Not applicable.
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 thereunto duly authorized.
NATIONAL-STANDARD COMPANY
Registrant
Date September 3, 1998
/s/ M.B. Savitske
M. B. Savitske
President and Chief Executive Officer
