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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;<b>UNITED STATES </b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:18pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>FORM 8-K</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>CURRENT REPORT</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Delaware</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>1-7201</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>33-0379007</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(State or other jurisdiction of</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>1 AVX Boulevard</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Fountain Inn, South Carolina</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>29644</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>(864) 967-2150</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(Registrant&#39;s telephone number, including area code)</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>Item 5.07</b><b>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b><b> Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">On July 18, 2018, AVX Corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders in New York, New York.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">The shareholders elected all of the Company&rsquo;s nominees for director and ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as the Company&rsquo;s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">The results of the votes of shareholders on each matter presented at the annual meeting are as follows:</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">1.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">Election of Directors:</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">Election of the following persons, each to serve as a Class II Director for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2021:</p>

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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:21%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2.4%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:19.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2.4%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:21.2%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Number of Votes</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">For</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:19.1%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Withheld</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:2.4%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Broker<br>
			Non-Votes</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">John Sarvis</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:2.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:21%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">147,132,281</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 19.1%; text-align: center;">16,307,478</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:2.4%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:21.2%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">2,472,179</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Goro Yamaguchi</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:2.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 21%; text-align: center;">140,046,447</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:2.4%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:19.1%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">23,393,312</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:2.4%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:21.2%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">2,472,179</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:31.8%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Joseph Stach</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:2.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:21%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">160,164,871</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:2.4%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:19.1%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">3,274,888</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:2.4%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:21.2%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">2,472,179</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">2.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">With respect to the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as the Company&rsquo;s independent accountants for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019:</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Number of Votes</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">For</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Against</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:23.1%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Abstain</p>
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			Non-Votes</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;;width:23.1%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">505,263</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 23.1%; text-align: center;">25,837</td>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">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.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Date: July 19, 2018</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">AVX CORPORATION</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ Michael Hufnagel</p>
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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): July 18, 2018
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
1-7201
33-0379007
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
1 AVX Boulevard
Fountain Inn, South Carolina
29644
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(864) 967-2150
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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.
On July 18, 2018, AVX Corporation (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders in New York, New York.
The shareholders elected all of the Company's nominees for director and ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019.
The results of the votes of shareholders on each matter presented at the annual meeting are as follows:
1.
Election of Directors:
Election of the following persons, each to serve as a Class II Director for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2021:
Number of Votes
For
Withheld
Broker
Non-Votes
John Sarvis
147,132,281
16,307,478
2,472,179
Goro Yamaguchi
140,046,447
23,393,312
2,472,179
Joseph Stach
160,164,871
3,274,888
2,472,179
2.
With respect to the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as the Company's independent accountants for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019:
Number of Votes
For
Against
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
165,380,838
505,263
25,837
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
Date: July 19, 2018
AVX CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Michael Hufnagel
Name:
Michael Hufnagel
Title:
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer