8-K 1 a10-11356_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

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 26, 2010

 

UNITED STATIONERS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-10653

 

36-3141189

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Of Incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

One Parkway North Boulevard

 

 

Suite 100

 

 

Deerfield, Illinois

 

60015-2559

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (847) 627-7000

 

 

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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United Stationers Inc.

 

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

 

United Stationers Inc. (“United”) held its 2010 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 26, 2010. A total of 22,911,061 shares of United’s common stock were represented at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, or 94.7% of the total shares entitled to vote. At the Annual Meeting, stockholders elected  all 4 of the directors nominated by United’s Board of Directors and ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as United’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2010.

 

The results of the voting were as follows:

 

Proposal #1 - Election of Directors

 

For

 

% of Shares
Voted

 

Withheld

 

% of Shares
Voted

 

Broker Non- Votes

 

Roy W. Haley

 

21,156,050

 

95.71

%

948,097

 

4.29

%

806,914

 

Noah T. Maffitt

 

21,977,066

 

99.43

%

127,081

 

.57

%

806,914

 

Benson P. Shapiro

 

21,661,787

 

98.00

%

442,360

 

2.00

%

806,914

 

Alex D. Zoghlin

 

21,858,684

 

98.89

%

245,463

 

1.11

%

806,914

 

 

Proposal #2 - Auditor Ratification

 

For
(A)

 

Against
(B)

 

Abstain
(C)

 

No. of Shares

 

22,535,507

 

367,138

 

8,416

 

% of Shares Voted

 

98.36

%

1.60

%

.04

%

 

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.

 

 

UNITED STATIONERS INC.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

Dated:  June 2, 2010

/s/ Eric A. Blanchard

 

Eric A. Blanchard

 

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

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