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Shareholder Vote · Reg FD Disclosure
Filed Dec 14, 2017 · 8y ago · Accession 0000107687-17-000122
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View original ↗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) December 12, 2017
Winnebago Industries, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Iowa
001-06403
42-0802678
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
P.O. Box 152, Forest City, Iowa
50436
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code 641-585-3535
______________________________________________________________________
(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.
Winnebago Industries, ("the Company") held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on December 12, 2017 . At the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders were asked to vote on five proposals: (1) the election of two Class II directors and two Class III directors, (2) the advisory approval of executive compensation, (3) the approval of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan, (4) the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accountant for the fiscal year ending August 25, 2018 , and (5) the advisory approval of the frequency of the advisory vote of executive compensation. The results of the shareholder vote are set forth below.
Item 1 - Election of Directors.
Company shareholders elected the following nominees: Richard D. Moss and John M. Murabito as Class II directors to hold office until the annual meeting of shareholders to be held following the Company's 2019 fiscal year or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified; and William C. Fisher and Michael J. Happe, as Class III directors to hold office until the annual meeting of shareholders to be held following the Company's 2020 fiscal year or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. Information as to the vote on each director standing for election is provided below:
Name
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Richard D. Moss
23,212,023
96,577
3,712,297
John M. Murabito
23,201,150
107,450
3,712,297
William C. Fisher
23,214,020
94,580
3,712,297
Michael J. Happe
23,209,078
99,522
3,712,297
Item 2 - Advisory Approval Vote on Executive Compensation (the “Say on Pay” Vote).
Company shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of certain executives as disclosed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and other narrative executive compensation disclosures in the definitive proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting, as set forth below:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
22,963,652
203,611
141,337
3,712,297
Item 3 - Approval Vote on the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Company shareholders approved the Employee Stock Purchase Plan as disclosed in the Appendix B in the definitive proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting, as set forth below:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
23,116,524
58,908
133,168
3,712,297
Item 4 - Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accountants for the Fiscal Year Ending August 25, 2018 .
Company shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending August 25, 2018 , as set forth below:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
26,512,742
372,842
135,313
Item 5 - Advisory Vote on the Frequency of the Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation (the “Say on Pay”) Vote.
Company shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation as set forth below:
1 Year
2 Years
3 Years
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
18,531,181
98,697
4,427,156
251,566
3,712,297
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure, Item 8.01 Other Events.
The Company is filing herewith a press release issued on December 13, 2017 , as Exhibit 99.1 which is included herein. The press release was issued to report that on December 13, 2017, the Board of Winnebago Industries, Inc. approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share of common stock, payable on January 24, 2018 to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 10, 2018.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Description
99.1
News Release of Winnebago Industries, Inc. dated December 13, 2017
SIGNATURE
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.
W INNEBAGO I NDUSTRIES, I NC.
(Registrant)
Date:
December 13, 2017
By:
/s/ Scott C. Folkers
Name:
Scott C. Folkers
Title:
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
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Filing details
- Company
- WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES INC
- Ticker
- WGO
- CIK
- 107687
- Form type
- 8-K
- Filing date
- Dec 14, 2017
- Report date
- Dec 12, 2017
- Document
- wgo8k2017annualmeetingresult.htm
- Size
- 836 KB