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) September 16, 2016 (September 14, 2016)

 

 

BARNES & NOBLE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-12302		06-1196501
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
122 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY		10011
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(212) 633-3300

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of the Company was held on September 14, 2016. The voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Company at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

Election of Directors. The Company’s stockholders elected the Board’s nominees as Directors of the Company by the following vote:

 

Name		Votes For		Votes Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Al Ferrara		63,093,246		895,768		6,196,315
Paul B. Guenther		63,083,232		905,782		6,196,315
Leonard Riggio		61,751,623		2,237,391		6,196,315

Messrs. Ferrara, Guenther and Riggio will hold office until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.

Advisory (non-binding) Vote on Executive Compensation. The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the proposal. The results of voting on the proposal are set forth below:

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
45,572,444		18,163,641		252,929		6,196,315

Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accountants of the Company for the Fiscal Year Ending April 29, 2017. The Company’s stockholders approved the proposal by the following vote:

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions
69,908,823		216,426		60,080

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SIGNATURE

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.

 

Date: September 16, 2016