0001193125-11-174589.txt : 20110627 0001193125-11-174589.hdr.sgml : 20110627 20110627171635 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-174589 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110525 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20110627 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110627 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Vera Bradley, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001495320 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LEATHER & LEATHER PRODUCTS [3100] IRS NUMBER: 272935063 FISCAL YEAR END: 0131 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34918 FILM NUMBER: 11933740 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2208 PRODUCTION ROAD CITY: FORT WAYNE STATE: IN ZIP: 46808 BUSINESS PHONE: 260-482-4673 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2208 PRODUCTION ROAD CITY: FORT WAYNE STATE: IN ZIP: 46808 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

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): May 25, 2011

 

 

VERA BRADLEY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Indiana

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-34918   27-2935063

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

2208 Production Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana   46808
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(877) 708-8372

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

None

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

 

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)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective June 24, 2011, David R. Traylor resigned as Treasurer of the Company to pursue other interests. Mr. Traylor advised the Company of his intention to resign on May 25, 2011.

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company’s 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on June 22, 2011. At the meeting, the Company’s shareholders:

 

  (1) elected John E. Kyees and Michael C. Ray to serve as Class I directors of the Company’s board of directors;

 

  (2) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 28, 2012;

 

  (3) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and

 

  (4) recommended, on an advisory basis, to hold future advisory votes on executive compensation every three years.

Set forth below, with respect to each such matter, are the number of votes cast for or against, the number of abstentions, and the number of broker non-votes.

 

  (1) Election of Directors

 

Nominee   For     Withhold     Broker Non-Votes  
John E. Kyees     37,711,197        518,742        942,986   
Michael C. Ray     32,291,248        5,938,691        942,986   

 

  (2) Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

For     Against     Abstentions     Broker Non-Votes  
  39,094,481        77,009        1,435        —     

 

  (3) Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

 

For     Against     Abstentions     Broker Non-Votes  
  32,243,073        5,982,129        4,737        942,986   

 

  (4) Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation

 

1 Year     2 Years     3 Years     Abstentions     Broker Non-Votes  
  18,603,835        204,192        19,414,072        7,840        942,986   

 

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SIGNATURES

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.

 

  Vera Bradley, Inc.
Date: June 27, 2011   By:  

/s/ Jeffrey A. Blade

  Jeffrey A. Blade
  Executive Vice President—Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

 

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