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 21, 2012 |
| Commission file number 0-7843 |
4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) |
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New York (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | 13-2691380 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
53 West 23rd Street New York, New York 10010 (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 21, 2012, 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2012 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2012 Annual Meeting”). At the 2012 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 five of the Company’s nominees for director as listed in the Company’s 2012 proxy statement were elected to the board of directors with the number of votes cast for each nominee as follows:
| | Shares Voted “FOR” | Shares Voted “AGAINST” | Shares “ABSTAINING” | Broker Non-Votes |
| Duminda M. DeSilva | 4,170,821 | 146,122 | 31,939 | 6,745,380 |
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| Jay Emmett | 4,236,898 | 100,992 | 10,992 | 6,745,380 |
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| Michael Goldstein | 4,235,378 | 102,512 | 10,992 | 6,745,380 |
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| Wade I. Massad | 4,218,234 | 100,104 | 30,544 | 6,745,380 |
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| Samuel R. Newborn | 4,287,195 | 29,700 | 31,987 | 6,745,380 |
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Proposal 2: The appointment of EisnerAmper LLP as the Company’s independent auditor to audit the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 was ratified by the following votes:
| Shares Voted “FOR” | Shares Voted “AGAINST” | Shares “ABSTAINING” |
| 11,037,062 | 53,453 | 3,747 |
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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.
Date: May 21, 2012
| | | 4KIDS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. |
| | | BY: /s/ Bruce R. Foster |
| | | Bruce R. Foster Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
