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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On June 6, 2024, J.Jill, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2024 virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders: (i) elected one Class I director nominee; and (ii) ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year ending February 1, 2025. A description of each proposal voted on at the Annual Meeting, and the voting results for each such proposal, are set forth below.
1. The proposal to elect one director to the Company’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”), to serve as Class I director for a term of three years expiring at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 2027 and until such director’s successor has been duly elected and qualified, was approved by the votes set forth below:
| Nominee |
Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Jyothi Rao |
6,564,866 | 1,564,039 | 952,164 |
2. The appointment of Grant Thornton as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year ending February 1, 2025 was ratified by the votes set forth below:
| For |
Against |
Abstentions | ||
| 9,071,323 | 3,517 | 6,228 |
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On June 6, 2024, in connection with the effectiveness of James R. Scully’s previously announced retirement from the Board of Directors as of the Annual Meeting, the Board of Directors voted to decrease its size to seven members.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: June 7, 2024 | J.JILL, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Kathleen B. Stevens | |||||
| Name: | Kathleen B. Stevens | |||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and ESG | |||||