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):
February 16, 2012
RUDDICK CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
North Carolina | 1-6905 | 56-0905940 |
301 South Tryon Street, Suite 1800
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(704) 372-5404
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(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.
On February 16, 2012, Ruddick Corporation (the “Registrant”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The following are the voting results on each matter submitted to the Registrant’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting.
Proposal 1: The Registrant’s shareholders elected the following ten nominees as directors, to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, by the following vote:
Name | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||
John R. Belk | 39,210,052 | 343,567 | 2,851,354 | ||
John P. Derham Cato | 38,532,729 | 1,020,890 | 2,851,354 | ||
Thomas W. Dickson | 39,015,678 | 537,941 | 2,851,354 | ||
James E. S. Hynes | 38,424,383 | 1,129,236 | 2,851,354 | ||
Anna Spangler Nelson | 38,422,486 | 1,131,133 | 2,851,354 | ||
Bailey W. Patrick | 39,327,598 | 226,021 | 2,851,354 | ||
Robert H. Spilman, Jr. | 37,913,800 | 1,639,819 | 2,851,354 | ||
Harold C. Stowe | 39,210,246 | 343,373 | 2,851,354 | ||
Isaiah Tidwell | 39,211,984 | 341,635 | 2,851,354 | ||
William C. Warden, Jr. | 38,412,313 | 1,141,306 | 2,851,354 |
Proposal 2: The Registrant’s shareholders voted to approve an amendment to the Registrant’s Restated Articles of Incorporation to change the name of the Registrant to “Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.” at such time as may be determined by the Registrant’s Board of Directors in its sole discretion, by the following vote:
For | Against | Abstentions | |
42,341,466 | 36,100 | 27,407 |
Proposal 3: The Registrant’s shareholders voted to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Registrant’s named executive officers, by the following vote:
For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
37,727,899 | 1,736,386 | 89,334 | 2,851,354 |
Proposal 4: The Registrant’s shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Registrant for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, by the following vote:
For | Against | Abstentions | |
41,740,337 | 650,853 | 13,783 |
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.
RUDDICK CORPORATION
By: /S/ JOHN B. WOODLIEF
John B. Woodlief
Vice President – Finance and Chief
Financial Officer
Dated: February 17, 2012