SKECHERS U.S.A., INC. (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):   May 22, 2014

SKECHERS U.S.A., INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 001-14429 95-4376145
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
228 Manhattan Beach Boulevard, Manhattan Beach, California   90266
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (310) 318-3100

Not Applicable
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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.

Skechers U.S.A., Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 22, 2014. At the Annual Meeting, 125,384,239 votes were present in person or by proxy, which represented 84.2% of the total outstanding eligible votes. The Company’s stockholders elected three directors to the Company’s Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting, and voted on two additional proposals at the Annual Meeting, as more fully described below.

Proposal No. 1 — Election of Directors

The stockholders elected three director nominees who were nominated by the Board of Directors to serve as directors of the Company for three-year terms expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2017 and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified or until their death, resignation or removal. The following sets forth the results of the voting with respect to each nominee:

                 
Director Nominee   Votes For   Withheld
Geyer Kosinski
    124,053,417       1,330,822  
Richard Rappaport
    117,373,476       8,010,763  
Richard Siskind
    123,837,061       1,547,178  

Proposal No. 2 – Conduct Non-Binding Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers

The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers, as disclosed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the Summary Compensation Table and the related compensation tables, notes and narrative in the proxy statement for the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. There were 124,906,116 votes, or 99.6% of the total number of votes cast, for this proposal, with 465,098 votes against it and 13,025 votes abstaining.

Proposal No. 3 – Stockholder Proposal to Eliminate the Classification of the Board of Directors

The stockholders voted against approval of this proposal to eliminate the classification of the Company’s Board of Directors. There were 92,477,677 votes, or 73.6% of the total number of votes cast, against this proposal, with 32,820,439 votes for it and 86,123 votes abstaining.


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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.

         
    SKECHERS U.S.A., INC.
          
May 22, 2014   By:   David Weinberg
       
        Name: David Weinberg
        Title: Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer