SIG Signet Jewelers Ltd

 

 

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)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (See General Instruction A.2 below):

 

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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

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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: June 17, 2015