8-K

 

 

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 17, 2016

 

 

SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Bermuda   Not Applicable

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Clarendon House

2 Church Street

Hamilton HM11

Bermuda

(441) 296 5872

(Address and telephone number including area code of principal executive offices)

 

 

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

(a) The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Signet Jewelers Limited (the “Company”) was held on June 17, 2016.

(b) The following matters were voted upon at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders and the results of the voting were as follows:

Proposal One:

To elect ten directors to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company or until their respective successors are elected or appointed in accordance with the Bye-laws of the Company.

 

     Votes For    Votes Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes

H. Todd Stitzer

   56,813,510    6,187,262    96,574    1,421,958

Virginia Drosos

   56,306,337    6,690,057    100,952    1,421,958

Dale Hilpert

   56,589,783    6,410,152    97,411    1,421,958

Mark Light

   56,832,018    6,168,554    96,774    1,421,958

Helen McCluskey

   56,833,090    6,167,900    96,356    1,421,958

Marianne Miller Parrs

   56,830,202    6,170,276    96,868    1,421,958

Thomas Plaskett

   56,822,686    6,178,091    96,569    1,421,958

Robert Stack

   56,830,484    6,170,020    96,842    1,421,958

Eugenia Ulasewicz

   56,831,541    6,169,515    96,290    1,421,958

Russell Walls

   56,439,774    6,560,674    96,898    1,421,958

Proposal Two:

To appoint KPMG LLP as independent auditor of the Company, to hold office from the conclusion of this Meeting until the conclusion of the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company and to authorize the Audit Committee to determine its compensation.

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions

64,392,942

  25,708   100,654

Proposal Three:

To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement (the “Say-on-Pay” vote).

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-votes

55,933,616

  954,165   6,209,565   1,421,958


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.

 

SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Mark A. Jenkins

Name:   Mark A. Jenkins
Title:   Chief Governance Officer & Corporate Secretary

Date: June 21, 2016