0000895447-15-000031.txt : 20150612 0000895447-15-000031.hdr.sgml : 20150612 20150612113631 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000895447-15-000031 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150612 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20150612 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150612 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SHOE CARNIVAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000895447 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-SHOE STORES [5661] IRS NUMBER: 351736614 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 0130 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-21360 FILM NUMBER: 15927717 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7500 EAST COLUMBIA STREET CITY: EVANSVILLE STATE: IN ZIP: 47715 BUSINESS PHONE: 8128676471 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7500 EAST COLUMBIA STREET CITY: EVANSVILLE STATE: IN ZIP: 47715 8-K 1 form8k.htm SHOE CARNIVAL INC 8-K 06-12-2015 form8k.htm


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)
June 12, 2015 (June 11, 2015)
   

SHOE CARNIVAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Indiana
   
0-21360
   
35-1736614
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer  Identification No.)

7500 East Columbia Street, Evansville, IN
                
47715
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(812) 867-6471
   

 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address if changed since last report)

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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.
 
As previously disclosed, Kathy A. Yearwood will be retiring from Shoe Carnival, Inc. (the “Company”) and resigning from her positions as Senior Vice President - Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) on or about July 1, 2015.  Effective upon her departure, W. Kerry Jackson will resume serving as the Company's Principal Accounting Officer, in addition to his duties as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating and Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Jackson will not receive any additional compensation for performing these additional duties.
 
Mr. Jackson has been employed as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating and Financial Officer and Treasurer since October 2012. From August 2004 to October 2012, Mr. Jackson served as Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. From June 2001 to August 2004, Mr. Jackson served as Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. From September 1996 to June 2001, Mr. Jackson served as Vice President – Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. From January 1993 to September 1996, Mr. Jackson served as Vice President - Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to January 1993, Mr. Jackson held various accounting positions with us. Prior to joining us in 1988, Mr. Jackson was associated with a public accounting firm. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
 
Mr. Jackson does not have any family relationship with any director or other executive officer of the Company, and there are no transactions in which Mr. Jackson has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
 
ITEM 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
The Company held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 11, 2015. The following is a summary of the matters voted on at the meeting, as described in detail in the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement filed on May 1, 2015, and the voting results for each matter.
  
1.  
The two nominees for director were elected to serve three-year terms expiring at the 2018 annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and have qualified, as follows:
 
Nominee
For
  Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
Kent A. Kleeberger
  18,531,710   78,388  6,288   1,014,490 
Joseph W. Wood
 18,523,119  86,978    6,289    1,014,490
 
2.  
By the following vote, the shareholders approved the advisory (non-binding) vote on the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers:
 
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
18,176,130   198,495 241,761  1,014,490 
 
3.  
The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2015 was ratified by the following shareholder vote:
 
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
19,060,130   260,634  310,112 0 
 
 
 
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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.



       
SHOE CARNIVAL, INC.
               
       
       
Dated:  June 12, 2015
  
By:
/s/ W. Kerry Jackson
     
W. Kerry Jackson
     
Senior Executive Vice President
Chief Operating and Financial Officer and Treasurer
       

 
 
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