bset20180313_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) March 7, 2018

 

 


 

BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 


 

         

VIRGINIA

 

0-209

 

54-0135270

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission File No.)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

     

3525 FAIRYSTONE PARK HIGHWAY

BASSETT, VIRGINIA

 

24055

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 276/629-6000

  

(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 (see General Instruction 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 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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 

  

 

The Company’s 2018 annual meeting of shareholders was held on March 7, 2018. As of the record date for the meeting, the Company had 10,764,659 of common stock outstanding, each of which is entitled to one vote. According to the final voting results, all director nominees were elected.

 

The voting tabulation was as follows:

 

 

Nominee

 

Votes For

   

Votes Withheld

   

Votes Abstain

   

Broker Non-Vote

 

John R. Belk

    8,271,468       225,346       -       1,139,865  

Kristina Cashman

    8,316,556       180,258       -       1,139,865  

Paul Fulton

    8,298,722       198,092       -       1,139,865  

George W. Henderson, III

    8,300,233       196,581       -       1,139,865  

J. Walter McDowell

    8,315,383       181,431       -       1,139,865  

Robert H. Spilman, Jr.

    8,284,297       212,517       -       1,139,865  

William C. Wampler, Jr.

    8,229,769       267,045       -       1,139,865  

William C. Warden, Jr.

    8,253,800       243,014       -       1,139,865  

 

 

At the annual meeting, the shareholders also voted on two proposals:

 

 

1.

Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

The final tabulation was as follows:

 

Proposal

 

Votes For

   

Votes Against

   

Votes Abstain

   

Broker Non-Vote

 
                                 

Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP

    9,497,317       134,224       5,138       -  

 

 

2.      To consider and act on an advisory vote regarding the approval of the compensation paid      to certain executive officers.

 

The final tabulation was as follows:

 

Proposal

 

Votes For

   

Votes Against

   

Votes Abstain

   

Broker Non-Vote

 
                                 

Approval of Officer Compensation

    6,022,498       2,425,255       49,060       1,139,866  

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED    
     
Date:  March 13, 2017 By:        /s/ J. Michael Daniel  
  J. Michael Daniel    
  Title:      Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer