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

September 15, 2015

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Nevada   001-31552   87-0543688

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

2100 Roosevelt Avenue

Springfield, Massachusetts

01104

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(800) 331-0852

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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

On September 15, 2015, we held an annual meeting of stockholders to consider and vote upon the following proposals: (1) to elect directors to serve until our next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified; (2) to provide a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers for fiscal 2015 (“say-on-pay”); and (3) to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as the independent registered public accountant of our company for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2016.

The following directors were elected at the annual meeting:

 

Director

   Votes Cast For      Votes Withheld      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Barry M. Monheit

     32,693,093         539,674         15,174,653   

Robert L. Scott

     32,571,068         661,699         15,174,653   

Robert H. Brust

     32,738,938         493,829         15,174,653   

P. James Debney

     32,691,573         541,194         15,174,653   

John B. Furman

     32,693,798         538,969         15,174,653   

Gregory J. Gluchowski, Jr.

     32,725,504         507,263         15,174,653   

Michael F. Golden

     32,267,281         965,486         15,174,653   

Mitchell A. Saltz

     32,507,386         725,381         15,174,653   

I. Marie Wadecki

     32,519,655         713,112         15,174,653   

Our stockholders approved the compensation of our named executive officers on a non-binding, advisory basis. The results of the vote to approve this proposal were as follows:

 

     Votes Cast For      Votes Cast Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Say-on-pay proposal

     32,154,710         624,527         453,530         15,174,653   

Our stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2016. The results of the vote to approve this proposal were as follows:

 

     Votes Cast For      Votes Cast Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accountants

     47,708,884         216,399         482,137         —     

Broker non-votes did not affect the outcome of any proposal voted on at the annual meeting.

 

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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.

 

    SMITH & WESSON HOLDING CORPORATION
Date: September 21, 2015     By:  

/s/ Jeffrey D. Buchanan

      Jeffrey D. Buchanan
      Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, and Treasurer