Form 8-K

0001193125-12-241233.txt : 20120521 0001193125-12-241233.hdr.sgml : 20120521 20120521123125 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-241233 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120516 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20120521 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120521 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ANN INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000874214 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-WOMEN'S CLOTHING STORES [5621] IRS NUMBER: 133499319 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0129 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-10738 FILM NUMBER: 12857603 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7 TIMES SQUARE STREET 2: 15TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 BUSINESS PHONE: 2125413300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7 TIMES SQUARE STREET 2: 15TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ANNTAYLOR STORES CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040920 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TAYLOR ANN STORES CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960221 8-K 1 d356212d8k.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): May 16, 2012

ANN INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-10738

13-3499319

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

7 Times Square

New York, New York 10036

(Address, including Zip Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

(212) 541-3300

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Names or Former Addresses, 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 Security Holders.

The 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of ANN INC. (the “Company”) was held on May 16, 2012. The following matters were voted upon by the Company’s stockholders at the meeting:

Election of Class III Directors.


Name	For		Against		Abstained		Broker Non-Votes
James J. Burke, Jr.		42,798,931		700,961		14,029		2,185,156
Kay Krill		43,034,636		467,410		11,875		2,185,156
Stacey Rauch		43,039,034		460,885		14,002		2,185,156

Approval, by non-binding, advisory vote, of the Company’s executive compensation.


For		Against		Abstained		Broker Non-Votes
	32,831,250		10,635,785		46,886		2,185,156

Approval of the Company’s Management Performance Compensation Plan.


For		Against		Abstained		Broker Non-Votes
	42,038,978		1,438,662		36,281		2,185,156

Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2012.


For		Against		Abstained		Broker Non-Votes
	45,194,161		488,880		16,036		0,000,000

Non-binding stockholder proposal regarding declassification of the Company’s Board of Directors.


For		Against		Abstained		Broker Non-Votes
	40,426,178		1,293,768		1,793,975		2,185,156

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.


	ANN INC.

	By:	/s/ Barbara K. Eisenberg
		Barbara K. Eisenberg
Date: May 21, 2012		Executive Vice President,
		General Counsel and Secretary