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
October 22, 2012
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
bebe stores, inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| California | 0-24395 | 94-2450490 | ||
| (State of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
400 Valley Drive
Brisbane, California 94005
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(415) 715-3900
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(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 |
a) On October 22, 2012, our Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held in Brisbane, California. There were 84,392,464 shares of our common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, and of such shares, there were 75,263,078 shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting.
b) The following directors were elected:
| Vote For | Vote Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| Barbara Bass |
73,467,911 | 1,668,590 | 126,577 | |||||||||
| Cynthia Cohen |
74,105,403 | 1,031,098 | 126,577 | |||||||||
| Corrado Federico |
73,469,748 | 1,666,753 | 126,577 | |||||||||
| Manny Mashouf |
73,635,799 | 1,500,702 | 126,577 | |||||||||
| Caden Wang |
74,426,075 | 710,426 | 126,577 | |||||||||
There were no abstentions.
c) The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 6, 2013, was ratified with 74,456,128 votes in favor and 692,686 votes against. There were 114,264 abstentions.
d) Consistent with our shareholders’ approval that an advisory vote concerning executive compensation occur every three years, our shareholders will next be presented an advisory vote concerning executive compensation at our 2014 Annual Shareholders Meeting.
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.
| Date: October 26, 2012 | bebe stores, inc. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Walter Parks | |||||
| Name: | Walter Parks | |||||
| Title: | Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer | |||||