0000930413-11-001912.txt : 20110315 0000930413-11-001912.hdr.sgml : 20110315 20110315164416 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930413-11-001912 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110309 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20110315 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110315 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SOTHEBYS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000823094 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389] IRS NUMBER: 382478409 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09750 FILM NUMBER: 11689021 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1334 YORK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10021 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-606-7000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1334 YORK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10021 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SOTHEBYS HOLDINGS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 c64744_8k.htm c64744_8k.htm -- Converted by SEC Publisher, created by BCL Technologies Inc., for SEC Filing

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

March 15, 2011
(Date of Report)

March 9, 2011
(Date of Earliest Event Reported)

Sotheby’s
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware 1-9750 38-2478409
(State or other (Commission (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.)
incorporation)    

     1334 York Avenue  
     New York, NY                10021
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 606-7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

           On March 9, 2011, Robin Woodhead, a director of Sotheby’s, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), elected to retire from the Company’s Board of Directors and not stand for re-election at the Company’s upcoming 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Woodhead has served with great distinction as a Board member for eleven years and will continue to serve as an active senior executive of the Company in his current role as Executive Vice President and Chairman of Sotheby’s International. In connection with Mr. Woodhead’s impending retirement from the Board, the Company’s Board of Directors has decided to expand the size of the Board from twelve to thirteen directors and has nominated Daniel Meyer and Marsha Simms (along with all current directors of the Company other than Mr. Woodhead) for election at the Company’s 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Since 1996, Mr. Meyer has been the president of Union Square Hospitality Group, which owns and operates a number of restaurants in New York City, including Union Square Café, Eleven Madison Park, Gramercy Tavern, Tabla and The Modern. Ms. Simms, a partner of the international law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP until her 2010 retirement, has over 30 years’ experience negotiating financings and restructurings for major corporations, including the Company.

 


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

   
  SOTHEBY’S
 
 
  By: /s/ Gilbert L. Klemann,II     
    Gilbert L. Klemann, II
    Executive Vice President,
    Worldwide General Counsel and
    Secretary
 
  Date:      March 15, 2011