8-K

 

 

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 29, 2018 (May 24, 2018)

 

 

FLOWERS FOODS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Georgia   1-16247   58-2582379

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1919 Flowers Circle, Thomasville, GA   31757
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (229) 226-9110

 

 

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 Instructions A.2. below):

 

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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 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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

On May 24, 2018, Flowers Foods, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) in Thomasville, Georgia for the following purposes and with the following voting results:

 

  (1) To elect eleven nominees as directors of the Company, each to serve for a term of one year until the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2019:

 

Directors:

   For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

George E. Deese

     164,891,815        6,144,796        154,072        26,700,240  

Rhonda Gass

     169,505,944        811,929        872,810        26,700,240  

Benjamin H. Griswold, IV

     166,919,779        3,400,167        870,737        26,700,240  

Margaret G. Lewis

     169,404,176        921,763        864,744        26,700,240  

Amos R. McMullian

     164,835,377        6,182,498        172,808        26,700,240  

J.V. Shields, Jr.

     167,291,982        3,655,511        243,190        26,700,240  

Allen L. Shiver

     169,735,403        1,266,010        189,270        26,700,240  

David V. Singer

     168,797,309        2,165,845        227,529        26,700,240  

James T. Spear

     169,659,101        637,984        893,598        26,700,240  

Melvin T. Stith, Ph.D.

     169,056,378        1,908,189        226,116        26,700,240  

C. Martin Wood III

     168,703,411        1,631,046        856,226        26,700,240  

 

  (2) To hold an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

 

For

     167,100,746  

Against

     3,218,066  

Abstain

     871,871  

Broker Non-Votes

     26,700,240  

 

  (3) To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 29, 2018:

 

For

     195,431,044  

Against

     2,174,172  

Abstain

     285,707  

Broker Non-Votes

     0  

 

  (4) Shareholder proposal regarding whether the chairman of the board of directors should be independent:

 

For

     37,014,921  

Against

     133,036,655  

Abstain

     1,139,107  

Broker Non-Votes

     26,700,240  

With respect to Proposal 1, each of the director-nominees received a majority of votes cast in the election of directors, and each was elected to serve for a term of one year.

Proposals 2 and 3 each received the affirmative vote of a majority of votes present at the Annual Meeting in person or represented by proxy and therefore passed. Proposal 4 did not receive the affirmative vote of a majority of votes present at the Annual Meeting or represented by proxy and therefore was not approved.


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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

    FLOWERS FOODS, INC.
      By:   /s/ R. Steve Kinsey
     

Name:

Title:

 

R. Steve Kinsey

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer

Date: May 29, 2018