8-K 1 krispykreme_8k.htm CURRENT REPORT krispykreme_8k.htm
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
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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): June 22, 2010
 
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KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
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North Carolina 001-16485 56-2169715
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification
of incorporation) No.)

370 Knollwood Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (336) 725-2981
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
     On June 22, 2010 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to consider and vote on the matters listed below. A total of 60,064,598 shares of the Company’s common stock were present or represented by proxy at the meeting. This represented approximately 89% of the Company’s 67,429,936 shares of common stock that were outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting. Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the shareholders.
 
Election of Directors
 
     The shareholders of the Company elected each of the director nominees nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors as Class II directors with terms expiring in 2013. The voting results were as follows:
 
Name of Nominee       Votes For       Votes Withheld
Charles A. Blixt 31,723,574 10,119,430
Lynn Crump-Caine   31,735,942 10,107,062
Robert S. McCoy, Jr. 31,708,715   10,134,289

There were 18,221,594 broker non-votes for each director on this proposal.
 
Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
     The shareholders of the Company ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 30, 2011. The voting results were as follows:
 
Votes For       Votes Against       Abstentions
59,340,495   522,829   201,274



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.
 
  KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS, INC.
Dated: June 23, 2010  
 
By:   /s/ Douglas R. Muir  
   Douglas R. Muir
   Chief Financial Officer