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):         June 8, 2016

 

 

FRANCESCA’S HOLDINGS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware 001-35239 20-8874704
(State of Incorporation) (Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

8760 Clay Road

Houston, Texas

 

77080

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number including area code: (713) 864-1358

 

N/A

(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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
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Item 5.07.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

(a) The annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Francesca’s Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) was held on June 8, 2016.

 

(b) At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (a) elected two nominees, Mr. Richard Emmett and Mr. Richard Kunes, to the Board of Directors of the Company to serve until the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified and (b) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 28, 2017. Set forth below are the final voting tallies for the Annual Meeting:

 

Election of Directors

 

Nominee   For   Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
Richard Emmett   34,095,554   633,103   2,557,493
Richard Kunes   33,505,360   1,223,297   2,557,493

 

Auditor Ratification

 

For   Against   Abstain    
37,256,461   28,195   1,494

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

 

  FRANCESCA’S HOLDINGS CORPORATION
     
     
Date:   June 9, 2016 By: /s/ Kal Malik
    Kal Malik
    Chief Administrative Officer