UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~May~~June 1017, 2022

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Welbilt, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware	1-37548	47-4625716
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2227 Welbilt Boulevard, New Port Richey, Florida 34655

(Address of principal executive offices) (ZIP code)

(727) 375-7010

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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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, $0.01 par value

WBT

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).

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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 25.0207. ~~Results~~ Submission of ~~Operations~~Matters ~~and~~to ~~Financial~~a ~~Conditions~~Vote of Security Holders.

~~On May 10, 2022,~~ Welbilt, Inc. ~~issued~~(the a“Company”) ~~press~~held ~~release announcing~~ its ~~financial~~2022 ~~results~~Annual ~~for~~Meeting ~~the~~of ~~quarter~~Stockholders ~~ended~~on ~~March 31~~June 17, 2022 (the “Annual Meeting”). The ~~full~~final ~~text~~results of each of the ~~press~~proposals ~~release~~submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below. Each such proposal is ~~furnished~~further ~~herewith~~described asin ~~Exhibit 99~~the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.1S. Securities and isExchange ~~incorporated~~Commission ~~herein~~on byApril ~~reference~~29, 2022.

~~The~~Proposal ~~information furnished pursuant to Item 2~~1.02 ofThe ~~this~~Company’s ~~Current~~stockholders ~~Report~~elected onthe ~~Form 8-K, including~~seven ~~Exhibit~~directors ~~99.1,~~listed ~~shall~~below ~~not~~to beserve ~~deemed “filed”~~ for ~~purposes~~one-year ofterms ~~Section~~expiring 18at of the ~~Securities~~Company’s ~~Exchange~~2023 ~~Act~~annual meeting of ~~1934,~~stockholders ~~as amended (the “Exchange Act”),~~ or ~~otherwise~~until ~~subject~~their torespective ~~liabilities~~successors ~~under~~are ~~that~~duly ~~section~~elected and ~~shall~~qualified ~~not be deemed to be incorporated~~ by ~~reference into any document filed under~~ the ~~Securities~~votes ~~Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.~~indicated:

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.


Nominees	For	Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
Cynthia M. Egnotovich	90,987,753	1,630,823	37,279	8,397,282
Dino J. Bianco	83,796,061	8,820,798	38,996	8,397,282
Joan K. Chow	82,558,230	10,056,060	41,565	8,397,282
Janice L. Fields	91,457,001	1,157,125	41,729	8,397,282
Brian R. Gamache	92,249,090	365,034	41,731	8,397,282
Andrew Langham	91,354,068	1,260,056	41,731	8,397,282
William C. Johnson	92,407,741	205,928	42,186	8,397,282

~~(d) Exhibit~~Proposal 2. The Company’s stockholders voted not to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by the votes indicated:

ExhibitNo.	Description
For	Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
99.1	Press Release dated May 10, 2022, regarding the earnings of Welbilt, Inc. for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.
35,613,963	54,675,560	2,366,332	8,397,282
101	Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T, formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language ("iXBRL")
104	Cover page interactive data file (formatted in iXBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

Proposal 3. The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 by the votes indicated:


For	Against	Abstentions
100,535,140	147,124	370,873

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.

	WELBILT, INC.
Date: May 10, 2022	By:	/s/ Martin D. Agard
Date: June 17, 2022	By:	/s/ Joel H. Horn
		Martin D. Agard
		Joel H. Horn
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
		Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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