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, 2014

 

HD SUPPLY HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-35979

 

26-0486780

(State or other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S Employer

of Incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification Number)

 

3100 Cumberland Boulevard
Suite 1480,

Atlanta, Georgia

 

30339

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (770) 852-9000

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, 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:

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On May 15, 2014, HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“Annual Meeting”). Shareholders representing 188,612,448 shares, or 97%, of the common shares outstanding as of the March 17, 2014 record date were present in person or were represented at the meeting by proxy.  Each proposal subject to a vote at the Annual Meeting was described in detail in the Company’s 2014 Proxy Statement dated March 31, 2014 and Proxy Supplement dated April 25, 2014. Final voting results are shown below.

 

PROPOSAL 1

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

 

Shareholders elected, by a plurality of the votes cast, each of the following Class I directors to serve a three-year term expiring at the Company’s 2017 annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified:

 

NOMINEE

 

FOR

 

WITHHOLD

 

BROKER NON-VOTE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John W. Alden

 

162,129,549

 

20,305,892

 

5,554,498

 

Brian A. Bernasek

 

162,139,104

 

20,311,081

 

5,528,590

 

Stephen M. Zide

 

161,896,784

 

20,553,401

 

5,525,590

 

 

PROPOSAL 2

RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

Shareholders ratified, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast, the Audit Committee’s appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending February 1, 2015.

 

VOTES FOR

 

187,009,904

 

99.15

%

VOTES AGAINST

 

864,417

 

 

 

ABSTENTIONS

 

89,805

 

 

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

 

0

 

 

 

 

PROPOSAL 3

ADVISORY VOTE ON NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION

 

Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis and by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast, the resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

VOTES FOR

 

182,270,604

 

96.64

%

VOTES AGAINST

 

124,163

 

 

 

ABSTENTIONS

 

45,585

 

 

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

 

0

 

 

 

 

PROPOSAL 4

ADVISORY VOTE ON FREQUENCY OF ADVISORY VOTE ON

NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION

 

Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, a frequency of every three years for the advisory vote on named executive officer compensation, and this is the frequency the Company will adopt until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of named executive officer compensation.

 

EVERY YEAR

 

39,097,269

 

 

 

TWO YEARS

 

71,667

 

 

 

THREE YEARS

 

143,210,428

 

 

 

ABSTENTIONS

 

70,821

 

 

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

 

5,530,690

 

 

 

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Date: May 16, 2014

HD SUPPLY HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ricardo J. Nuñez

 

 

Ricardo J. Nuñez

 

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