Shareholder Vote

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) April 27, 2020 ​ Seaboard Corporation (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Delaware ​ 1-3390 ​ 04-2260388 (State or other jurisdiction of ​ (Commission ​ (I.R.S. Employer incorporation) ​ File Number) ​ Identification No.) ​ ​ ​ 9000 West 67th Street , Merriam , Kansas 66202 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) ​ ​ ​ Registrant’s telephone number including area code ( 913 ) 676-8800 ​ 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 obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: ☐  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) ☐  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) ☐  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: ​ ​ ​ Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock $1.00 Par Value SEB NYSE American 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 Seaboard Corporation held its annual meeting of stockholders on April 27, 2020 in Merriam, Kansas. Four items were submitted to a vote as described in Seaboard’s Proxy Statement dated March 13, 2020.  The following tables briefly describe the proposals and results of the stockholders’ votes. ​ ​ ​ ​ Votes in Votes ​ Favor Withheld 1. Election of the following persons as directors: ​ ​ Steven J. Bresky 1,050,521 64,956 David A. Adamsen 1,094,138 21,339 Douglas W. Baena 1,106,950 8,527 Edward I. Shifman, Jr. 1,104,383 11,094 Paul M. Squires 1,047,806 67,671 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Votes in Votes Votes ​ Favor Against Abstaining ​ ​ ​ ​ 2. Ratification and approval of the selection of KPMG LLP 1,141,481 1,128 1,669 as independent auditors for 2020. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Votes in Votes Votes ​ Favor Against Abstaining ​ ​ ​ ​ 3.  Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of Seaboard’s 1,107,313 5,062 3,102 Named Executive Officers, including the disclosure in the ​ ​ ​ Compensation Discussion and Analysis section, the tabular disclosure ​ ​ ​ regarding such compensation and the accompanying narrative ​ ​ ​ disclosures set forth in such proxy statement. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Votes in Votes Votes ​ Favor Against Abstaining ​ ​ ​ ​ 4. Stockholder proposal requesting that Seaboard Corporation amend 166,771 945,403 3,303 governing documents to remove the plurality of vote standard for ​ ​ ​ uncontested director elections. ​ ​ ​ There were 28,801 broker non-votes each with respect to the election of directors, approval of executive compensation and proposal that a plurality of vote standard is removed for uncontested directors. ​ ​ 2 ​ SIGNATURE 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. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Date: April 28, 2020 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Seaboard Corporation ​ ​ ​ ​ (Registrant) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ By: /s/ Robert L. Steer ​ ​ ​ ​ Robert L. Steer, Executive Vice President, ​ ​ ​ ​ Chief Financial Officer ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 3