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) June 1, 2011
K-SWISS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 0-18490 | 95-4265988 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
31248 Oak Crest Drive, Westlake Village, CA | 91361 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
818-706-5100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(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. |
K-Swiss Inc. (the “Company”) is announcing the following results from its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”), which occurred on June 1, 2011.
Proposal One: Election of Directors
At the Meeting, the following directors were elected to serve until the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified:
Class A Directors | Class B Directors | |
Stephen Fine | Steven Nichols | |
Mark Louie | George Powlick | |
Lawrence Feldman |
Of the 27,389,988 shares of Class A Common Stock represented at the Meeting, the Class A Directors named above were elected with the following votes:
Number of Votes Received | Broker | |||||||||||||||
Name | For | Withheld | Non-Votes | Abstentions | ||||||||||||
Stephen Fine | 23,106,298 | 596,192 | 2,346,517 | — | ||||||||||||
Mark Louie | 23,141,110 | 561,380 | 2,381,329 | — |
Of the 8,039,524 shares of Class B Common Stock represented at the Meeting, the Class B Directors named above were elected with the following votes (with each share of Class B Common Stock entitled to 10 votes):
Number of Votes Received | ||||||||||||
Name | For | Withheld | Abstentions | |||||||||
Steven Nichols | 80,375,240 | — | — | |||||||||
George Powlick | 80,375,240 | — | — | |||||||||
Lawrence Feldman | 80,375,240 | — | — |
Proposal Two: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Also at the Meeting, the Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2011.
Of the 27,389,988 shares of Class A Common Stock and 8,039,524 shares of Class B Common Stock represented at the 2011 Annual Meeting, the ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2011 received the following votes (with each share of Class A Common Stock entitled to one vote and each share of B Common Stock entitled to 10 votes):
Number of Votes Received | ||||
For | 106,329,850 | |||
Against | 125,809 | |||
Abstain | 3,450 |
Proposal Three: Advisory Resolution on the Company’s Executive Compensation
Also at the Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the advisory resolution regarding the Company’s executive compensation as follows:
Number of Votes Received | ||||
For | 103,967,329 | |||
Against | 101,743 | |||
Abstain | 8,658 |
Proposal Four: Advisory Vote on the Frequency of the Future Advisory Votes on the Company’s Executive Compensation
Also at the Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved that future advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation be conducted every three years as follows:
Number of Votes Received | ||||
Three years | 97,346,197 | |||
Two years | 48,596 | |||
One year | 6,650,700 | |||
Abstain | 32,327 |
The Board has determined in consideration of the stockholder vote on the frequency proposal that the Company will seek advisory approval of the Company’s executive compensation every three years.
No other matters came before the Meeting.
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 thereunto duly authorized.
K-Swiss Inc. | ||||||
Date: July 20, 2011 | By: | /s/ GEORGE POWLICK | ||||
George Powlick | ||||||
Vice President of Finance, Chief Administrative | ||||||
Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary |