UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): June 4, 2015
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware | 001-33401 | 20-5490327 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
3900 Dallas Parkway, Suite 500, Plano, Texas 75093
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: 972.665.1000
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(d) | On June 4, 2015, the board of directors (the Board) of Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (the Company, we or our) elected Mr. Mark Zoradi to the Board. |
Mr. Zoradi was elected to be a Class II director to fill the vacancy created by the departure of Mr. Peter Ezersky.
The Board has named Mr. Zoradi as a member of the Audit Committee and the New Ventures Committee of the Board.
As a non-employee director, Mr. Zoradi shall be compensated according to our compensation policy for non-employee directors. Pursuant to that policy he will receive a base retainer of $60,000, additional retainers of $10,000 and $5,000 for serving as a member of the Audit Committee and the New Ventures Committee respectively, and an annual grant of restricted shares of the Companys common stock valued at $110,000. The number of restricted shares to be issued is determined by dividing $110,000 by the fair market value of a share of common stock on the grant date (June 15), rounded down to the nearest whole share. The initial award and each annual award generally vest on the first anniversary of the grant date, subject to continued service to the Company through the vesting dates.
We issued a press release dated June 4, 2015, announcing the appointment of Mr. Zoradi to the Board. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8K.
Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
(a) | On June 4, 2015, we held our 2015 annual meeting of stockholders (the Annual Meeting). |
(b) | There were three matters submitted to stockholders at the Annual Meeting. |
1. | To elect two Class II directors to serve for three years on our board of directors; |
2. | To approve and ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015; and |
3. | To hold an advisory vote on executive compensation. |
The items are described in greater detail in the Companys definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2015.
The final voting results were as follows:
Item 1: | Election of Directors |
Stockholders elected both Class II director nominees. The votes for the nominees were cast as follows:
Nominee |
For |
Withheld |
Broker Non- Votes | |||
Carlos M. Sepulveda |
101,122,486 | 1,551,011 | 6,419,283 | |||
Tim Warner |
102,226,463 | 447,034 | 6,419,283 |
Item 2: | Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
Stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. The votes were cast as follows:
For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
108,674,456 |
348,351 | 69,973 |
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Item 3: | Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation |
Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Companys named executive officers for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the compensation discussion and analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion. The advisory votes were cast as follows:
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
97,611,998 |
4,973,788 | 87,711 | 6,419,283 |
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits. |
Exhibit |
Exhibit Description | |
99.1 | Press Release dated June 4, 2015. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CINEMARK HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Michael D. Cavalier | |
Name: | Michael D. Cavalier | |
Title: | Executive Vice President - General Counsel |
Date: June 5, 2015
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Exhibit 99.1
PROMINENT ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE JOINS CINEMARK BOARD
Plano, TX, June 4, 2015 Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), a leading motion picture exhibitor, announced today that Mark Zoradi has been elected to the Board of Cinemark Holdings, Inc., effective June 4, 2015. Mr. Zoradi was elected to fill the vacancy created by the departure of Mr. Peter Ezersky and shall serve the remainder of Mr. Ezerskys term as a member of the Class II directors.
We are pleased that Mark has joined the Cinemark Board, said Lee Roy Mitchell, Chairman of the Board at Cinemark. Mark will be a strong addition to the Board and his experience in the entertainment industry will be a great asset to the Company.
Mr. Zoradi, 61, was until January 2015, the Chief Operating Officer of Dreamworks Animation SKG, Inc., the well-known animation studio. From January 2011 until July 2014, Mr. Zoradi was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Dick Cook Studios, a new media and entertainment start up company. Prior to that, Mr. Zoradi worked at The Walt Disney Company, most recently serving as the President of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Group. During his 30-year tenure with Disney, Mr. Zoradi served in a variety of positions of increasing responsibility, including as the General Manager of Buena Vista Television and President of Buena Vista International with responsibility for the international theatrical and home entertainment marketing and distribution of Disney, Touchstone and Pixar films.
About Cinemark Holdings, Inc.
Cinemark is a leading domestic and international motion picture exhibitor, operating 497 theatres with 5,687 screens in 41 U.S. states, Brazil, Argentina and 11 other Latin American countries as of March 31, 2015. For more information go to investors.cinemark.com.
Financial Contact:
Chanda Brashears 972-665-1671 or cbrashears@cinemark.com
Media Contact:
James Meredith 972-665-1060 or jmeredith@cinemark.com
Forward-looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The forward-looking statements include our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about our business and our industry. They include statements relating to future revenues, expenses and profitability, the future development and expected growth of our business, projected capital expenditures, attendance at movies generally or in any of the markets in which we operate, the number or diversity of popular movies released and our ability to successfully license and exhibit popular films, national and international growth in our industry, competition from other exhibitors and alternative forms of entertainment and determinations in lawsuits in which we are defendants. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as may, should, could, estimates, predicts, potential, continue, anticipates, believes, plans, expects, future and intends and similar expressions which are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond our control and difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements. In evaluating forward-looking statements, you should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors section or other sections in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K filed February 27, 2015 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements and risk factors. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release reflect our view only as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation, other than as required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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