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 15, 2013
UNITED STATIONERS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 0-10653 | 36-3141189 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| One Parkway North Blvd. Suite 100 Deerfield, Illinois |
60015-2559 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (847) 627-7000
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 Meeting of Stockholders of United Stationers Inc. (the “Company”) was held in Deerfield, Illinois on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. |
| (b) | The following matters were voted on by the Company’s Stockholders at the Annual Meeting and received the following votes: |
| 1. | Proposal 1 – Election of One Class II Director to serve for a two-year term expiring in 2015. |
| Nominee |
Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Roy W. Haley | 37,304,172 | 553,746 | 1,019,256 |
Election of three Class III Directors each to serve for a three-year term expiring in 2016:
| Nominee |
Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Susan J. Riley | 37,598,294 | 259,624 | 1,019,256 | |||
| Alexander M. Schmelkin | 37,426,686 | 431,232 | 1,019,256 | |||
| Alex D. Zoghlin | 37,641,029 | 216,889 | 1,019,256 |
| 2. | Proposal 2 – A proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013: |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||
| No. of Shares | 37,795,268 | 1,065,815 | 16,091 | 0 |
| 3. | Proposal 3 – An advisory (nonbinding) vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||
| No. of Shares | 37,250,370 | 567,512 | 40,036 | 1,019,256 | ||||||||||||
| (c) | Not applicable |
| (d) | Not applicable |
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, thereunto duly authorized.
| UNITED STATIONERS INC. | ||||||
| Date: May 20, 2013 | /s/ Eric A. Blanchard | |||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||