UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of June 2017
Commission File Number: 001-37669
Nomad Foods Limited
(Translation of registrants name in English)
No. 5 New Square
Bedfont Lakes Business Park
Feltham, Middlesex TW14 8HA
+ (44) 208 918 3200
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 19, 2017, Nomad Foods Limited (the Company) held its 2017 annual meeting of shareholders (the 2017 Annual Meeting). The proposals submitted to a shareholder vote at the 2017 Annual Meeting are described in detail in the Companys Proxy Statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on a Form 6-K on May 17, 2017 (the Proxy Statement). Shareholders present in person or by proxy represented 182,088,622 ordinary shares and 1,500,000 preferred shares of the Company (or 73.78% of the outstanding ordinary shares and preferred shares of the Company combined as of May 5, 2017, the record date for the 2017 Annual Meeting).
At the 2017 Annual Meeting, the Companys shareholders (i) elected the eleven (11) directors specifically named in the Proxy Statement, each for a one-year term expiring at the Companys 2018 annual meeting of shareholders and (ii) ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for the 2017 fiscal year. The detailed voting results for each proposal are set forth below.
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors: The Companys shareholders approved the election of the eleven (11) directors specifically named in the Proxy Statement, each to serve until the Companys 2018 annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her respective successor is duly elected and qualified. The final voting results with respect to the election of directors were as follows:
Nominee |
For | Against | Abstain | % cast FOR | ||||||||||||
Martin E. Franklin |
134,891,825 | 398,537 | 163,670 | 99.58 | % | |||||||||||
Noam Gottesman |
134,891,005 | 398,357 | 164,670 | 99.58 | % | |||||||||||
Ian G.H. Ashken |
135,219,967 | 69,283 | 164,782 | 99.83 | % | |||||||||||
Stéfan Descheemaeker |
135,213,506 | 75,856 | 164,670 | 99.82 | % | |||||||||||
Jeremy Isaacs CBE |
134,889,787 | 73,483 | 490,762 | 99.58 | % | |||||||||||
Paul Kenyon |
125,712,122 | 9,251,260 | 460,650 | 92.81 | % | |||||||||||
James E. Lillie |
134,896,167 | 68,327 | 489,538 | 99.59 | % | |||||||||||
Lord Myners of Truro CBE |
134,876,312 | 87,347 | 490,373 | 99.57 | % | |||||||||||
Victoria Parry |
134,758,015 | 205,756 | 490,261 | 99.49 | % | |||||||||||
Brian Welch |
134,693,095 | 270,564 | 490,373 | 99.44 | % | |||||||||||
Simon White |
133,743,832 | 1,219,827 | 490,373 | 98.74 | % |
Proposal 2 - Ratification of Auditors: The Companys shareholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for the 2017 fiscal year as follows:
For |
Against |
Abstain |
% cast FOR | |||
135,157,537 | 132,646 | 163,849 | 99.78% |
The information contained in this Report on Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into the registration statements on (i) Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on May 3, 2016 (File No. 333-211095) and (ii) Form F-3, initially filed with the Commission on March 30, 2017 and declared effective on May 2, 2017 (File No. 333-217044).
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, thereunto duly authorized.
NOMAD FOODS LIMITED |
By: | /s/ Anja van Bergen-van Kruijsbergen | |
Name: | Anja van Bergen-van Kruijsbergen | |
Title: | General Counsel and Company Secretary |
Dated: June 19, 2017