Current Report Filing (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 12, 2014

 

SEQUENTIAL BRANDS GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		000-16075		86-0449546
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

1065 Avenue of the Americas, 30^th Floor, New York, NY 10018

(Address of Principal Executive Offices/Zip Code)

 

[phone]

(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

 

(a) The annual meeting of the stockholders of Sequential Brands Group, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 12, 2014. There were 24,700,578 shares of common stock entitled to be voted, and 18,308,333 shares present in person or represented by proxy at the annual meeting. Three items of business were acted upon by stockholders at the annual meeting: (1) election of two Class III members of the board of directors for a three-year term, (2) ratification of the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, and (3) approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

(b) The stockholders (i) elected each of the Company’s nominees for director,; (ii) ratified the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014,; and (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

The voting results were as follows:

 

Proposal 1 - Election of Two Class III Directors

 

		Number of		Number of				Broker
Names		Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Non-Votes
Al Gossett		11,763,826		5,503,898		1,200		1,039,409
Aaron Hollander		17,267,717		7		1,200		1,039,409

 

Proposal 2 - To Ratify the Selection of CohnReznick LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Year Ending December 31, 2014

 

For		18,307,120
Against		7
Abstentions		1,206
Broker Non-Votes		-0-

 

Proposal 3 - To Approve, on an Advisory Basis, the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers

 

For		14,566,678
Against		2,697,413
Abstentions		4,833
Broker Non-Votes		1,039,409

 

 

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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.

 

		SEQUENTIAL BRANDS GROUP, INC.
	By:	/s/ YEHUDA SHMIDMAN
		Name:   Yehuda Shmidman
		Title:     Chief Executive Officer
Date: June 12, 2014

 

 

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