UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 18, 2014

 

ARK RESTAURANTS CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New York 1-09453 13-3156768  

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

85 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10003

(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 206-8800

 

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

 

On March 18, 2014, Ark Restaurants Corp. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”). The following matters were submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders at the Meeting: (i) the election of nine directors to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, (ii) the ratification of the appointment of Cohn Reznick LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2014 fiscal year, and (iii) the authorization of the proxies to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the Meeting.

 

At the Meeting, a total of 3,053,431 shares of common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”) voted in person or by proxy, out of 3,259,469 outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote at the Meeting. Set forth below is the number of votes cast for, for, against, withheld, abstentions, and broker non-votes as to each matter.

 

1.Election of a Board of nine directors:

 

Nominee  For Withheld Broker Non-Votes
01 - Michael Weinstein 2,004,868 27,803 1,020,760
02 - Steven Shulman 2,016,849 15,822 1,020,760
03 - Robert Stewart 1,975,341 57,330 1,020,760
04 - Marcia Allen 2,016,849 15,822 1,020,760
05 - Paul Gordon 2,005,334 27,337 1,020,760
06 - Bruce R. Lewin 2,016,849 15,822 1,020,760
07 - Vincent Pascal 2,004,336 28,335 1,020,760
08 - Arthur Stainman 2,016,649 16,022 1,020,760
09 - Stephen Novick 1,986,254 46,417 1,020,760

 

2.Ratification of the appointment of Cohn Reznick LLP as independent auditors for the 2014 fiscal year:

 

  For Against Abstain
  3,019,930 20,640 12,861

 

3.In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the Meeting:

 

  For Against Abstain  
  2,003,853 969,405 80,173  

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

  ARK RESTAURANTS CORP.  
       
       
 Date: March 19, 2014   /S/ Michael Weinstein  
  By: Name: Michael Weinstein  
    Title: Chief Executive Officer  
     
     
         

 

 

 

 

 

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