Form 8-K

0001193125-15-097168.txt : 20150319 0001193125-15-097168.hdr.sgml : 20150319 20150318173600 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-15-097168 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150317 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20150319 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150318 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: QUIKSILVER INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000805305 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MEN'S & BOYS' FURNISHINGS, WORK CLOTHING, AND ALLIED GARMENTS [2320] IRS NUMBER: 330199426 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14229 FILM NUMBER: 15711036 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15202 GRAHAM STREET CITY: HUNTINGTON BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 92649 BUSINESS PHONE: 714-889-2200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15202 GRAHAM STREET CITY: HUNTINGTON BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 92649 8-K 1 d894297d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 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):

March 17, 2015

Quiksilver, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-14229

33-0199426

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)


15202 Graham Street, Huntington Beach, CA		92649
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(714) 889-2200

(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 Securities Holders.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of Quiksilver, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on March 17, 2015. A total of 130,037,133 shares of the Company’s common stock were present or represented by proxy at the meeting, representing more than 75% of the Company’s shares outstanding as of the January 30, 2015 record date. The proposal submitted for a vote and the related results are set forth below. A more detailed description of the proposal is set forth in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 5, 2015.

Proposal 1 – Election of nine nominees to serve as directors of the Company until the next annual meeting and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. The final results of the votes taken were as follows:


	Votes For		Votes Against	Votes Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
William M. Barnum, Jr.		127,709,993	N/A		2,327,140		0
Bernd Beetz		129,270,092	N/A		767,041		0
Joseph F. Berardino		128,392,827	N/A		1,644,306		0
Michael A. Clarke		128,839,491	N/A		1,197,642		0
Elizabeth Dolan		129,260,749	N/A		776,384		0
M. Steven Langman		127,783,651	N/A		2,253,482		0
Robert B. McKnight		129,075,618	N/A		961,515		0
Andrew P. Mooney		127,945,845	N/A		2,091,288		0
Andrew W. Sweet		128,298,753	N/A		1,738,380		0

Pursuant to the foregoing votes, the nine nominees listed above were elected to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors.

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.


Dated: March 18, 2015	Quiksilver, Inc. (Registrant)

	By:	/s/ Richard Shields
		Richard Shields
		Chief Financial Officer