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 28, 2010 |
| Commission file number 0-7843 |
4Kids Entertainment, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) |
New York
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) | 13-2691380
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
1414 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
(212) 758-7666
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of Registrant’s principal executive offices) |
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Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 28, 2010, 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2010 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2010 Annual Meeting”). At the 2010 Annual Meeting, the matters voted upon, including the number or votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker–non-votes, as to each such matter were as follows:
Proposal 1: All six of the Company’s nominees for director as listed in the Company’s 2010 proxy statement were elected with the number of votes cast for each nominee as follows:
| Shares Voted “FOR” | Shares Voted “AGAINST” | Shares “ABSTAINING” | Broker Non-Votes | Votes Withheld |
Duminda M. DeSilva | 7,938,335 | 421,936 | 16,119 | 4,045,922 | N/A |
Jay Emmett | 7,616,975 | 607,396 | 152,019 | 4,045,922 | N/A |
Michael Goldstein | 7,640,868 | 619,942 | 115,580 | 4,045,922 | N/A |
Alfred R. Kahn | 7,602,144 | 721,760 | 52,486 | 4,045,922 | N/A |
Wade I. Massad | 7,938,600 | 426,708 | 11,082 | 4,045,922 | N/A |
Samuel R. Newborn | 7,708,688 | 575,907 | 91,795 | 4,045,922 | N/A |
Proposal 2: The proposal to appoint Eisner LLP as independent auditors to audit the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010 was ratified by the following vote:
Shares Voted “FOR” | Shares Voted “AGAINST” | Shares “ABSTAINING” | Broker Non-Votes | Votes Withheld |
12,359,313 | 19,203 | 43,796 | — | — |
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.
Date: June 2, 2010
| | 4KIDS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
BY: /s/ Bruce R. Foster
Bruce R. Foster
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer |
