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 8, 2012
Vistaprint N.V.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| The Netherlands | 000-51539 | 98-0417483 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
Hudsonweg 8 Venlo The Netherlands | 5928 LW | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 31 77 850 7700
Not applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Vistaprint N.V. held its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on November 8, 2012, at which our shareholders took the following actions on the following proposals. There were 34,255,964 ordinary shares of Vistaprint issued, outstanding, and eligible to vote at the record date of October 11, 2012.
(1) Our shareholders reappointed Mark T. Thomas as a member of our Supervisory Board to serve for a term of four years ending on the date of our annual general meeting of shareholders in 2016.
(2) Our shareholders appointed Hauke Hansen as a member of our Management Board to serve for a term of four years ending on the date of our annual general meeting of shareholders in 2016.
(3) Our shareholders adopted our statutory annual accounts, as prepared in accordance with Dutch law, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012.
(4) Our shareholders discharged the members of our Management Board from liability with respect to the exercise of their duties during the year ended June 30, 2012.
(5) Our shareholders discharged the members of our Supervisory Board from liability with respect to the exercise of their duties during the year ended June 30, 2012.
(6) Our shareholders authorized our Management Board, acting with the approval of the Supervisory Board, to repurchase up to 6,800,000 of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares until May 8, 2014.
(7) Our shareholders authorized our Management Board, acting with the approval of the Supervisory Board, to repurchase up to 3,400,000 of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares until May 8, 2014.
(8) Our shareholders approved an amendment to our articles of association to reduce our authorized capital to 2,000,000 Euros divided into 100,000,000 ordinary shares and 100,000,000 preferred shares.
(9) Our shareholders approved the cancellation of 5,869,662 ordinary shares held in our treasury account.
(10) Our shareholders appointed Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.
(11) Our shareholders approved our non-binding “say on pay” proposal regarding the compensation of our named executive officers, as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, executive compensation tables and accompanying narrative disclosures in our definitive proxy statement dated October 17, 2012.
The voting results for each proposal are as follows:
Proposal | Votes FOR | Votes AGAINST | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
1. Reappoint Mark T. Thomas to Supervisory Board | 28,625,277 | 12,789 | 204,382 | * | 2,762,506 | |||||||||||
2. Appoint Hauke Hansen to Management Board | 28,189,175 | 17,211 | 636,062 | * | 2,762,506 | |||||||||||
3. Adopt statutory annual accounts | 31,547,535 | 2,632 | 54,787 | 0 | ||||||||||||
4. Discharge Management Board from liability | 31,435,123 | 163,137 | 6,694 | 0 | ||||||||||||
5. Discharge Supervisory Board from liability | 31,431,654 | 166,606 | 6,694 | 0 | ||||||||||||
6. Authorize repurchase of 6,800,000 ordinary shares | 26,012,867 | 5,583,267 | 8,820 | 0 | ||||||||||||
7. Authorize repurchase of 3,400,000 ordinary shares | 31,579,940 | 15,768 | 9,246 | 0 | ||||||||||||
8. Approve amendment to articles of association | 31,564,923 | 33,666 | 6,365 | 0 | ||||||||||||
9. Approve cancellation of treasury shares | 28,818,874 | 20,355 | 3,219 | 2,762,506 | ||||||||||||
10. Appoint Ernst & Young LLP | 31,407,514 | 193,125 | 4,315 | 0 | ||||||||||||
11. Approve executive compensation (non-binding) | 27,997,882 | 835,158 | 9,408 | 2,762,506 | ||||||||||||
| * | In the case of the appointment of a Supervisory Board or Management Board member, an abstention was considered a vote FOR the other nominee named in our definitive proxy statement dated October 17, 2012. |
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.
| Date: November 13, 2012 | VISTAPRINT N.V. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Michael C. Greiner | |||||
| Michael C. Greiner | ||||||
| Chief Accounting Officer | ||||||