Steven Gerard, John Gremp, John Hanson, Gale Klappa, Richard Loynd, P Eric Siegert, Michael Sutherlin and James Tate all received shareholder backing to retain their roles.

The company’s executives can breathe a sigh of relief too, with shareholders backing the non-binding advisory vote on their pay packets.

Shareholders also voted to allow directors to adopt a majority voting standard for uncontested elections of directors.

Under a majority standard, nominees would be elected by a majority of votes cast in elections where the number of director nominees does not exceed the number of directors to be elected.

The shareholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young as Joy Global’s registered public accounting firm.