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): July 29, 2014

 


 

Fairway Group Holdings Corp.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-35880
(Commission File Number)

 

74-1201087
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

2284 12th Avenue

New York, New York 10027

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(646) 616-8000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

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:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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

 

On July 29, 2014, Fairway Group Holdings Corp. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on two proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2014 (the “Proxy Statement”).

 

There were 25,801,510 shares of Class A common stock and 14,203,171 shares of Class B common stock present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, which represented 97.87% of the combined voting power of the shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, and which constituted a quorum for the transaction of business. Holders of the Company’s Class A common stock were entitled to one vote for each share held as of the close of business on June 16, 2014 (the “Record Date”), and holders of the Company’s Class B common stock were entitled to ten votes for each share held as of the Record Date.

 

The stockholders of the Company voted on the following proposals at the Annual Meeting:

 

1.             the election of two Class I directors to the Company’s board of directors to serve until the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified; and

 

2.             the ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s current fiscal year ending March 29, 2015.

 

The voting results for each of these proposals are detailed below.

 

Proposal No. 1:  Election of Class I Directors

 

The Company’s stockholders elected each of the two nominees for Class I director to serve until the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified, based on the following votes:

 

Name

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

William L. Selden

 

152,594,357

 

7,955,427

 

7,283,436

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Farid Suleman

 

160,204,053

 

345,731

 

7,283,436

 

 

Proposal No. 2:  Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s current fiscal year ending March 29, 2015, based on the following votes:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

167,477,854

 

284,825

 

70,541

 

0

 

 

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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.

 

July 30, 2014

Fairway Group Holdings Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edward C. Arditte

 

 

Name: Edward C. Arditte

 

 

Title: Co-President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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