0001193125-13-233519.txt : 20130523 0001193125-13-233519.hdr.sgml : 20130523 20130523163059 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-13-233519 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130523 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20130523 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130523 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DOLE FOOD CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000018169 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION - CROPS [0100] IRS NUMBER: 990035300 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0103 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04455 FILM NUMBER: 13868657 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE DOLE DRIVE CITY: WESTLAKE VILLAGE STATE: CA ZIP: 91362 BUSINESS PHONE: 8188796600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE DOLE DRIVE CITY: WESTLAKE VILLAGE STATE: CA ZIP: 91362 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DOLE FOOD COMPANY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CASTLE & COOKE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19910731 8-K 1 d543927d8k.htm 8-K 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report: May 23, 2013

 

 

DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-4455   99-0035300

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

One Dole Drive

Westlake Village, California 91362

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (818) 879-6600

 

 

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):

 

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

(a) The annual meeting of stockholders of the Company was held on May 23, 2013.

(b) The stockholders: elected both of the Company’s nominees for director, to hold office for a term of three years; and ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Dole’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2013.

A. Election of Directors:

 

     Shares For      Shares
Against		      Shares
Abstain		      Non-Votes  

Andrew J. Conrad

      56,308,413         16,531,830         0         9,444,287   

E. Rolland Dickson

      71,356,990         1,483,253         0         9,444,287   

B. Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:

 

For

      81,747,649   

Against

      500,369   

Abstain

      36,512   

 

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

May 23, 2013    

DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC.

REGISTRANT

    By:   /S/    C. MICHAEL CARTER        
      C. Michael Carter
      President and Chief Operating Officer

 

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