8-K 1 d791857d8k.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) September 18, 2014 (September 17, 2014)

 

 

BARNES & NOBLE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-12302   06-1196501

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

122 Fifth Avenue,

New York, NY

  10011
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (212) 633-3300

(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 Security Holders.

The 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of the Company was held on September 17, 2014. The voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Company at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

Election of Directors. The Company’s stockholders elected the Board’s nominees as Directors of the Company by the following vote:

 

Name

   Votes For    Votes Withheld    Broker Non-Votes

George Campbell Jr.

   46,635,924    700,467    10,796,354

Mark D. Carleton

   41,787,859    5,548,532    10,796,354

Michael P. Huseby

   47,019,888    316,503    10,796,354

Messrs. Campbell, Carleton and Huseby will hold office until the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.

Advisory (non-binding) Vote on Executive Compensation. The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the proposal. The results of voting on the proposal are set forth below:

 

Votes For

  Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes

37,239,382

  9,735,114   361,895   10,796,354

Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accountants of the Company for the Fiscal Year Ending May 2, 2015. The Company’s stockholders approved the proposal by the following vote:

 

Votes For

  Votes Against   Abstentions

57,905,421

  113,334   113,990


SIGNATURE

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.

 

BARNES & NOBLE, INC.

(Registrant)

By:   /s/ Peter M. Herpich
 

Peter M. Herpich

Vice President and Corporate Controller

(principal accounting officer)

Date: September 18, 2014