0001548309-15-000017.txt : 20150528 0001548309-15-000017.hdr.sgml : 20150528 20150527180717 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001548309-15-000017 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150527 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20150528 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150527 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SEARS HOMETOWN & OUTLET STORES, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001548309 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-DEPARTMENT STORES [5311] IRS NUMBER: 800808358 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0201 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35641 FILM NUMBER: 15893422 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5500 TRILLIUM BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUITE 501 CITY: HOFFMAN ESTATES STATE: IL ZIP: 60192 BUSINESS PHONE: 847-286-7000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5500 TRILLIUM BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUITE 501 CITY: HOFFMAN ESTATES STATE: IL ZIP: 60192 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Sears Hometown & Outlet Stores, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20120425 8-K 1 a8-k2015shareholdervote.htm 8-K SHAREHOLDER VOTE 8-K 2015 Shareholder Vote


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 27, 2015
 
SEARS HOMETOWN AND OUTLET STORES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
001-35641 
 
80-0808358
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
5500 Trillium Boulevard, Suite 501
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
 
60192
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 286-7000
(Former name or former address, 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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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

On May 27, 2015 Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders at 3333 Beverly Road, Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60179. The meeting was held to vote on the matters described below.

1.
Election of Directors. The stockholders elected E.J. Bird, Jeffrey Flug, James F. Gooch, and Josephine Linden to the Board of Directors of the Company for one-year terms expiring at the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified. The votes on this matter were as follows:

Name
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
E.J. Bird
18,746,336

105,323

2,718,968

Jeffrey Flug
18,673,865

177,794

2,718,968

James F. Gooch
18,749,815

101,844

2,718,968

Josephine Linden
18,431,107

420,552

2,718,968



2.
Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers. The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers. The votes on this matter were as follows:

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
18,710,464

131,926

9,269

2,718,968



3.
Ratification of the Appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2015. The stockholders ratified the Audit Committee’s appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2015. The votes on this matter were as follows:

For
Against
Abstain
21,420,166

140,012

10,449














SIGNATURES
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.
 

SEARS HOMETOWN AND OUTLET STORES, INC.
 
 
By:
 
/s/ CHARLES J. HANSEN
 
 
Charles J. Hansen
 
 
Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
Date: May 27, 2015