UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 17, 2018

 

 L Brands, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-8344   31-1029810
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     

Three Limited Parkway

Columbus, OH

  43230
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(614) 415-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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

 

L Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 17, 2018. The matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting, each of which is described in the 2018 Proxy Statement filed on April 5, 2018 (the “Proxy Statement”), and the results of the voting were as follows:

 

Election of Directors

 

E. Gordon Gee, Stephen D. Steinour, Allan R. Tessler and Abigail S. Wexner were elected to the Board of Directors for a term of three years. Of the 250,539,461 shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting, the number of shares voted for, the number of shares voted against, the number of shares abstained and the number of broker non-votes were as follows, with respect to each of the nominees:

 

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote
E. Gordon Gee 223,391,556 1,823,074 386,410 24,938,421
Stephen D. Steinour 207,247,985 17,989,149 363,906 24,938,421
Allan R. Tessler 190,069,079 35,160,305 371,656 24,938,421
Abigail S. Wexner 214,023,162 11,210,344 367,534 24,938,421
         

In addition, directors whose term of office continued after the Annual Meeting were: Patricia S. Bellinger, Dennis S. Hersch, Donna A. James, Davis T. Kollat, Michael G. Morris, Robert H. Schottenstein, Leslie H. Wexner and Raymond Zimmerman.

 

Ratification of the Independent Registered Public Accountants

 

The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the 2018 fiscal year was ratified, with 247,041,461 shares voting for the appointment, 3,136,895 shares voting against the appointment and 361,105 shares abstaining.

 

Company Proposal to Amend the Certificate of Incorporation to Remove Supermajority Voting Requirements

 

The Company’s proposal to amend the Certificate of Incorporation to remove supermajority voting requirements did not receive a sufficient number of votes from stockholders to be approved, with 174,592,893 shares voting for the proposal, 46,988,931 shares voting against the proposal, 4,019,216 shares abstaining and 24,938,421 broker non-votes. In order to be approved, this proposal required the affirmative vote of at least 75% of the outstanding shares of the Company entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. 62.62% of the total number of shares of the Company outstanding at March 23, 2018, the record date of the Annual Meeting, voted in favor of the proposal.

 

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

 

The compensation of the Company’s executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement was approved by the stockholders, on an advisory basis, with 221,830,039 shares voting for the Company’s executive compensation, 3,411,271 shares voting against the Company’s executive compensation, 359,730 shares abstaining and 24,938,421 broker non-votes. 98.49% of the shares voting on the proposal voted in favor of the proposal.

 

 

 

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.

 

    L Brands, Inc.
       
Date: May 17, 2018   By:    /s/ Samuel P. Fried
      Name: Samuel P. Fried
      Title:   Executive Vice President – Law, Policy & Governance