UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 19, 2014
MOVADO GROUP, INC. |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
New York |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
1-16497 | 13-2595932 |
(Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
650 From Road, Suite 375 Paramus, NJ | 07652-3556 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(201) 267-8000 |
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) |
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.
(a) Annual Meeting. The 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company was held on June 19, 2014.
(b) Matters Voted Upon; Voting Results. The following matters were submitted for a vote of the Company’s shareholders.
Matter One. Election of Directors. Each of the nine nominees listed below was elected a director of the Company to hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified.
Nominee | Number of Shares Voted For | Number of Shares Withheld | Number of Broker Non-Votes |
Margaret Hayes Adame | 80,504,656 | 305,791 | 1,636,686 |
Peter A. Bridgman | 80,768,549 | 41,898 | 1,636,686 |
Richard J. Coté | 80,191,397 | 619,050 | 1,636,686 |
Alex Grinberg | 80,191,536 | 618,911 | 1,636,686 |
Efraim Grinberg | 80,476,013 | 334,434 | 1,636,686 |
Alan H. Howard | 80,504,692 | 305,755 | 1,636,686 |
Richard Isserman | 80,764,341 | 46,106 | 1,636,686 |
Nathan Leventhal | 80,500,284 | 310,163 | 1,636,686 |
Maurice Reznik | 80,768,910 | 41,537 | 1,636,686 |
Matter Two. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2015.
Number of Shares Voted For | Number of Shares Voted Against | Number of Shares Abstaining | Number of Broker Non-Votes |
82,102,505 | 328,519 | 16,109 | --- |
Matter Three. Approval of the amendment and restatement, effective as of February 1, 2014, of the Company’s Executive Performance Plan, originally established effective February 1, 2001.
Number of Shares Voted For | Number of Shares Voted Against | Number of Shares Abstaining | Number of Broker Non-Votes |
80,330,507 | 461,223 | 18,717 | 1,636,686 |
Matter Four. Adoption, on an advisory basis, of a resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement for the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Number of Shares Voted For | Number of Shares Voted Against | Number of Shares Abstaining | Number of Broker Non-Votes |
79,952,232 | 680,718 | 177,497 | 1,636,686 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: June 23, 2014
| MOVADO GROUP, INC. | |
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| By: | /s/ Timothy F. Michno | |
| | Name: Timothy F. Michno | |
| | Title: General Counsel | |
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