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 20, 2015

 

 

ANN INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-10738   13-3499319

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

7 Times Square

New York, New York 10036

(Address, including Zip Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

(212) 541-3300

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Names or Former Addresses, 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 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of ANN INC. (the “Company”) was held on May 20, 2015. The following matters were voted upon by the Company’s stockholders at the meeting:

 

  1. Election of Directors.

 

NAME OF DIRECTOR

    SHARES VOTED
IN FAVOR		      SHARES VOTED
AGAINST		      SHARES
ABSTAINED		      BROKER
NON-VOTES		  

James J. Burke, Jr.

      33,801,993         482,099         152,847         3,226,494   

Ronald W. Hovsepian

      33,345,145         938,946         152,848         3,226,494   

Linda A. Huett

      34,028,785         253,701         154,453         3,226,494   

Kay Krill

      34,177,532         107,204         152,203         3,226,494   

Stacey Rauch

      33,880,446         401,765         154,728         3,226,494   

 

  2. Approval, by non-binding, advisory vote, of the Company’s executive compensation.

 

For    Against    Abstained    Broker Non-Votes
27,326,581    7,079,721    30,637    3,226,494

 

  3. Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2015.

 

For    Against    Abstained
37,085,690    553,271    24,472

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.

 

ANN INC.
Date: May 22, 2015 By:

/s/ Katherine H. Ramundo

Name: Katherine H. Ramundo
Title:

Executive Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary