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 16, 2012
ANN INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-10738 | 13-3499319 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
7 Times Square
New York, New York 10036
(Address, including Zip Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
(212) 541-3300
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Names or Former Addresses, if Changed Since Last Report)
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. |
The 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of ANN INC. (the “Company”) was held on May 16, 2012. The following matters were voted upon by the Company’s stockholders at the meeting:
| 1. | Election of Class III Directors. |
| Name |
For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
| James J. Burke, Jr. |
42,798,931 | 700,961 | 14,029 | 2,185,156 | ||||||||||||
| Kay Krill |
43,034,636 | 467,410 | 11,875 | 2,185,156 | ||||||||||||
| Stacey Rauch |
43,039,034 | 460,885 | 14,002 | 2,185,156 | ||||||||||||
| 2. | Approval, by non-binding, advisory vote, of the Company’s executive compensation. |
| For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 32,831,250 | 10,635,785 | 46,886 | 2,185,156 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Approval of the Company’s Management Performance Compensation Plan. |
| For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 42,038,978 | 1,438,662 | 36,281 | 2,185,156 | |||||||||||
| 4. | Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2012. |
| For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 45,194,161 | 488,880 | 16,036 | 0,000,000 | |||||||||||
| 5. | Non-binding stockholder proposal regarding declassification of the Company’s Board of Directors. |
| For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 40,426,178 | 1,293,768 | 1,793,975 | 2,185,156 | |||||||||||
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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.
| ANN INC. | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Barbara K. Eisenberg | |||||
| Barbara K. Eisenberg | ||||||
| Date: May 21, 2012 | Executive Vice President, | |||||
| General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||
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