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): November 10, 2011 (November 9, 2011)

 

 

JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-19681   36-2419677

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

1703 North Randall Road, Elgin, Illinois 60123-7820

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 289-1800

 

 

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) On November 9, 2011, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (the “Registrant”) held the annual meeting of its stockholders.

(b) The final results of voting for each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders at the meeting are set forth below.

(i) The following directors were elected at the meeting and the voting for each director was as follows (with Common Stock and Class A Common Stock stockholders voting separately):

 

Nominee

   For      Withhold      Broker
Non-Vote
 

(Common Stock Directors and Voting Results)

        

Governor Jim Edgar

     5,003,388         130,548         2,405,249   

Daniel M. Wright

     5,004,556         129,380         2,405,249   

Ellen C. Taaffe

     5,003,309         130,627         2,405,249   

(Class A Common Stock Directors and Voting Results)

        

Jasper B. Sanfilippo

     2,597,426         0         0   

Jasper B. Sanfilippo, Jr.

     2,597,426         0         0   

Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo

     2,597,426         0         0   

Mathias A. Valentine

     2,597,426         0         0   

Michael J. Valentine

     2,597,426         0         0   

Timothy R. Donovan

     2,597,426         0         0   

(ii) The Audit Committee’s appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2012 fiscal year was ratified by the following vote (with Common Stock and Class A Common Stock stockholders voting together):

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Vote  

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

     7,274,719         22,854         241,612         0   

(iii) The advisory vote on executive compensation was approved by the following vote (with Common Stock and Class A Common Stock stockholders voting together):

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Vote  

Advisory vote on executive compensation

     4,551,430         496,945         85,561         2,405,249   

(iv) The advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation was as follows (with Common Stock and Class A Common Stock stockholders voting together):

 

     1 Year      2 Years      3 Years      Abstain      Broker Non-Vote  

Frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation

     4,673,974         68,757         309,087         82,118         2,405,249   

(d) After considering the results of the advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation, the Board of Directors of the Registrant has determined that the Registrant will hold an advisory vote on executive compensation annually, until the next advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation.


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.

 

   

JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.

Date: November 10, 2011     By:   /s/ Michael J. Valentine
    Name:   Michael J. Valentine
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer, Group President and Secretary