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 12, 2016

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Minnesota

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

0-20572   41-0886515

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1031 Mendota Heights Road

St. Paul, Minnesota

  55120
(Address of Principal Executive Offices )   (Zip Code)

(651) 686-1600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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.

The Company held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on September 12, 2016. There were 99,195,012 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 91,027,147 shares of common stock were represented in person or by proxy; therefore, a quorum was present. The matters that were voted upon at the Annual Meeting, and the number of votes cast for or against, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, as to each such matter, where applicable, are set forth below.

Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors

Scott P. Anderson, John D. Buck, Jody H. Feragen, Sarena S. Lin, Ellen A. Rudnick, Neil A. Schrimsher, Les C. Vinney and James W. Wiltz were elected directors of the Company to have terms expiring in 2017, and until their successors shall be elected and duly qualified. The results of the vote were as follows:

 

     For     Withheld     Broker
Non-Votes
 
     Votes      Percentage of
Shares Present
    Votes      Percentage of
Shares Present
   

Scott P. Anderson

     78,010,008         96.54     2,796,629         3.46     10,220,510   

John D. Buck

     79,990,923         98.99     815,714         1.01     10,220,510   

Jody H. Feragen

     80,192,714         99.24     613,923         0.76     10,220,510   

Sarena S. Lin

     79,929,492         98.91     877,145         1.09     10,220,510   

Ellen A. Rudnick

     79,572,808         98.47     1,233,829         1.53     10,220,510   

Neil A. Schrimsher

     80,183,288         99.23     623,349         0.77     10,220,510   

Les C. Vinney

     80,345,426         99.43     461,211         0.57     10,220,510   

James W. Wiltz

     79,792,213         98.74     1,014,424         1.26     10,220,510   

Proposal No. 2: Advisory Approval of Our Executive Compensation Program

The proposal regarding advisory approval of the Company’s executive compensation program was approved. The results of the vote were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-Votes

Votes

 

Percentage of
Shares Present

 

Votes

 

Percentage of
Shares Present

 

Votes

 

Percentage of
Shares Present

 

78,194,918

  96.77%   2,403,076   2.97%   208,643   0.26%   10,220,510


Proposal No. 3: Ratification of the Appointment of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst and Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 29, 2017 was approved. The results of the vote were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

Votes

 

Percentage of
Shares Present

 

Votes

 

Percentage of

Shares Present

 

Votes

 

Percentage of

Shares Present

90,100,533

  98.98%   879,834   0.97%   46,780   0.05%


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.

 

    PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC.
Date: September 14, 2016     By:  

/s/ Les B. Korsh

      Les B. Korsh
      Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary