8-K 1 a8-k2019annualmeeting.htm 8-K Document


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): May 23, 2019 (May 21, 2019)

GNC HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
001-35113
(Commission File Number)
20-8536244
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
300 Sixth Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(412) 288-4600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
 
Trading Symbol
 
Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share
 
GNC
 
New York Stock Exchange

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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.

As previously reported on the Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Filing”) filed by GNC Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) on April 11, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Michele S. Meyer to the Board, effective as of April 8, 2019.
At the time of the Original Filing, the Board had not made a determination regarding any committee assignments for Ms. Meyer. This Current Report on Form 8-K is providing the committee assignment information omitted from the Original Filing. On May 21, 2019, the Board appointed Ms. Meyer to both the Compensation and Organizational Development Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, effective immediately.

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

(a)  The Company held its annual meeting of stockholders on May 21, 2019.

(b)  Three proposals were submitted by the Company’s Board to a vote of stockholders, and the final results of the voting on each proposal are noted below. The Company’s stockholders elected each of the Board’s nine nominees for director for a term that expires at the Company’s 2020 annual meeting of stockholders, or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal; approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2019; and ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2019.

Proposal No. 1- Election of Directors
 
Nominee
 
For
 
Withhold/Abstain
 
Broker Non-Vote
Hsing Chow
 
81,202,804
 
2,186,944
 
22,685,253
Alan D. Feldman
 
81,632,550
 
1,757,198
 
22,685,253
Michael F. Hines
 
81,946,986
 
1,442,762
 
22,685,253
Amy B. Lane
 
81,596,314
 
1,793,434
 
22,685,253
Philip E. Mallott
 
81,444,530
 
1,945,218
 
22,685,253
Kenneth A. Martindale
 
81,258,882
 
2,130,866
 
22,685,253
Michele S. Meyer
 
82,187,858
 
1,201,890
 
22,685,253
Robert F. Moran
 
81,769,700
 
1,620,048
 
22,685,253
Yong Kai Wong
 
81,326,575
 
2,063,173
 
22,685,253
 
Proposal No. 2- Non-Binding Advisory Vote on the Compensation of Named Executive Officers
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Vote
64,223,816
 
18,193,238
 
972,694
 
22,685,253
 
Proposal No. 3- Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Vote
103,741,728
 
2,012,274
 
320,999
 
 







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.

GNC HOLDINGS, INC.

    
Date: May 23, 2019 By:
/s/ Tricia K. Tolivar         
Name: Tricia K. Tolivar
Title: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer