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): November 3, 2017 (November 2, 2017)

 

 

JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-19681   36-2419677

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

1703 North Randall Road, Elgin, Illinois 60123-7820

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 289-1800

 

 

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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 

ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

(a) On November 2, 2017, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (the “Registrant”) held its 2017 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).

 

(b) The final results of voting for each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

(i) The following directors were elected at the Annual Meeting and the voting for each director was as follows (with Common Stock and Class A Common Stock stockholders voting separately):

 

                                                                                            

Nominee

    For      Withhold      Broker Non-Votes  

(Common Stock Directors and Voting Results)

         

Governor Jim Edgar

      6,087,604        880,205        1,107,137  

Daniel M. Wright

      6,329,023        638,786        1,107,137  

Ellen C. Taaffe

      6,366,391        601,418        1,107,137  

(Class A Common Stock Directors and Voting Results)

         

James J. Sanfilippo

      2,597,426        0        0  

Jasper B. Sanfilippo, Jr.

      2,597,426        0        0  

Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo

      2,597,426        0        0  

Mathias A. Valentine

      2,597,426        0        0  

Michael J. Valentine

      2,597,426        0        0  

Timothy R. Donovan

      2,597,426        0        0  

(ii) The Audit Committee’s appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2018 fiscal year was ratified by the following vote (with Common Stock and Class A Common Stock stockholders voting together):

 

                                                                                                                           
     For    Against    Abstain    Broker Non-Votes

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

    33,972,495    73,004    3,707    0

(iii) The advisory vote on executive compensation was approved by the following vote (with Common Stock and Class A Common Stock stockholders voting together):

 

                                                                                                                           
     For    Against    Abstain    Broker Non-Votes

Advisory vote on executive compensation

    32,701,867    235,070    5,131    1,107,138

(iv) The advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation was as follows (with Common Stock and Class A Common Stock stockholders voting together):

 

                                                                                                                                                          
     1 Year    2 Years    3 Years    Abstain    Broker Non-Votes

Frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation

    31,665,705    35,174    1,238,388    2,799    1,107,140

 

(d) After considering the results of the advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation, the Board of Directors of the Registrant has determined that the Registrant will hold an advisory vote on executive compensation annually, until the next advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation.

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.

 

   

JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.

(Registrant)

Date: November 3, 2017

     By:   /s/ Michael J. Valentine
    Name:   Michael J. Valentine
      Chief Financial Officer, Group President and Secretary