Form 8-K

 

 

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 12, 2015

 

 

SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Bermuda   Not Applicable

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Clarendon House

2 Church Street

Hamilton HM11

Bermuda

(441) 296 5872

(Address and telephone number including area code of principal executive offices)

 

 

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ITEM 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a) The Annual General Meeting of Signet Jewelers Limited (the “Company”) was held on June 12, 2015 (the “AGM”).

(b) The following matters were voted upon at the AGM and the results of the voting were as follows:

Proposal One:

To elect ten directors to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or until their respective successors are elected in accordance with the Bye-laws of the Company.

 

     Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes  

H. Todd Stitzer

     67,237,756         56,817         455,681         1,539,874   

Virginia Drosos

     67,207,801         87,030         455,423         1,539,874   

Dale Hilpert

     67,078,108         215,699         456,447         1,539,874   

Mark Light

     67,236,965         57,374         455,915         1,539,874   

Helen McCluskey

     67,238,084         56,762         455,408         1,539,874   

Marianne Miller Parrs

     67,233,930         60,636         455,688         1,539,874   

Thomas Plaskett

     67,234,377         60,373         455,504         1,539,874   

Robert Stack

     67,236,804         57,561         455,889         1,539,874   

Eugenia Ulasewicz

     67,236,860         57,726         455,668         1,539,874   

Russell Walls

     67,077,049         216,847         456,358         1,539,874   

Proposal Two:

To appoint KPMG LLP as independent auditor of the Company, to hold office from the conclusion of this Meeting until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company and to authorize the Audit Committee to determine its compensation.

 

Votes For    Votes Against    Abstentions
68,188,253    645,868    456,007

Proposal Three:

To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (the “Say on Pay” vote).

 

Votes For    Votes Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-votes
66,238,367    1,023,906    487,981    1,539,874


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.

 

SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED
By:

/s/ Mark A. Jenkins

Name: Mark A. Jenkins
Title:

Chief Governance Officer & Corporate Secretary

Date: June 17, 2015