8K 2014 Annual Meeting Results


 

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) December 16, 2014


 
 
 
Winnebago Industries, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Iowa
001-06403
42-0802678
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
P.O. Box 152, Forest City, Iowa
 
50436
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code   641-585-3535
 
______________________________________________________________________
(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.
Winnebago Industries, ("the Company") held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on December 16, 2014. At the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders were asked to vote on three proposals: (1) the election of three Class III directors, (2)  the advisory approval of executive compensation, and (3) the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending August 29, 2015. The results of the shareholder vote are set forth below.
Item 1 - Election of Directors.
Company shareholders elected three nominees, Randy J. Potts and Mark T. Schroepfer, as Class III directors to hold office until the annual meeting of shareholders to be held following the Company's 2017 fiscal year and until their respective successor is duly elected and qualified. Information as to the vote on each director standing for election is provided below:
Name
 
Votes For
 
Votes Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
Randy J. Potts
 
19,954,134
 
364,894
 
4,008,964
Mark T. Schroepfer
 
20,179,089
 
139,939
 
4,008,964
Item 2 - Advisory Approval Vote on Executive Compensation (the “Say on Pay” Vote).
Company shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of certain executives as disclosed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and other narrative executive compensation disclosures in the definitive proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting, as set forth below:
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
19,977,996
 
260,553
 
80,479
 
4,008,964

Item 3 - Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accountants for the Fiscal Year Ending August 30, 2014.
Company shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending August 29, 2015, as set forth below:
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
23,741,308
 
560,734
 
25,950
 


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.
 
 
 
WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC.
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
Dated:
December 17, 2014
By:
/s/ Randy J. Potts
 
 
Name:
Randy J. Potts
 
 
Title:
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President