prmw20180504_8k.htm

 

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): May 3, 2018

 

PRIMO WATER CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 001-34850 82-1161432
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

101 North Cherry Street

Suite 501

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 336-331-4000

 

Not Applicable

(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:

   

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

   

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

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

 

Primo Water Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 3, 2018. The certified results of the matters voted upon at the meeting, which are more fully described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2018, are as follows:

 

Proposal 1 – Election of the three directors nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors as Class II directors to serve until the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders.

 

In voting with respect to Proposal No. 1, the Company’s stockholders may vote in favor of all persons nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors, withhold their votes as to all nominees or withhold their votes as to one or more specific nominees. In accordance with Delaware law and the Company’s Bylaws, the election of directors at the Annual Meeting was decided by a plurality of the “For” votes cast by the Company’s stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders elected each of the three persons nominated by the Board listed below to serve as a director of the Company, with the voting results set forth below:

 

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

Malcolm McQuilkin

12,266,079

 

8,258,086

 

7,742,141

Matthew T. Sheehan

20,263,186

 

    260,979

 

7,742,141

David L. Warnock

12,380,046

 

8,144,119

 

7,742,141

 

Proposal 2 – Ratification of the Audit Committee’s appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2018:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

28,261,429

 

2,045

 

2,832

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

PRIMO WATER CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: May 4, 2018

By:

/s/ David J. Mills

 

 

Name:

David J. Mills

 

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer