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): June 15, 2017
G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 0-18183 | 41-1590959 |
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer |
| of incorporation) | Identification No.) |
| 512 Seventh Avenue | |
| New York, New York | 10018 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 403-0500
Not Applicable
(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. |
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2017 Annual Meeting”) on June 15, 2017. A total of 44,299,057 shares were represented in person or by proxy at the 2017 Annual Meeting and the Company’s stockholders took the following actions:
Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors
The Company’s stockholders elected each of the eleven nominees for director to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified based on the following votes:
| Name | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| Morris Goldfarb | 38,808,734 | 1,940,844 | 3,549,479 | ||||||||
| Sammy Aaron | 34,103,032 | 6,646,546 | 3,549,479 | ||||||||
| Thomas J. Brosig | 36,481,290 | 4,268,288 | 3,549,479 | ||||||||
| Alan Feller | 39,542,006 | 1,207,572 | 3,549,479 | ||||||||
| Jeffrey Goldfarb | 34,102,814 | 6,646,764 | 3,549,479 | ||||||||
| Jeanette Nostra | 32,822,195 | 7,927,383 | 3,549,479 | ||||||||
| Laura Pomerantz | 35,795,483 | 4,954,095 | 3,549,479 | ||||||||
| Allen Sirkin | 35,905,159 | 4,844,419 | 3,549,479 | ||||||||
| Willem van Bokhorst | 33,211,799 | 7,537,779 | 3,549,479 | ||||||||
| Cheryl Vitali | 39,568,521 | 1,181,057 | 3,549,479 | ||||||||
| Richard White | 34,715,139 | 6,034,439 | 3,549,479 | ||||||||
Proposal No. 2: Advisory Vote on Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers
The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by the following vote:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| 27,416,312 | 13,314,918 | 18,348 | 3,549,479 | ||||||||||
The Company’s Board of Directors and Compensation Committee will consider the results of this advisory vote in making future decisions on named executive officer compensation.
Proposal No. 3: An Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers
A non-binding, advisory vote by the Company’s stockholders on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The results of the vote were as follows:
| Votes For Every Year | Votes For Every Two Years | Votes For Every Three Years | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 38,096,784 | 25,800 | 2,615,497 | 11,497 | 3,549,479 | |||||||||||
The Company’s Board of Directors has considered the stockholder vote regarding the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and, at a meeting of the Board of Directors on June 15, 2017, adopted the stockholders’ recommendation of an annual advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers until the next stockholder vote on this matter, which will occur no later than the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2023, or until the Board of Directors otherwise determines that a different frequency for such advisory vote would be in the best interests of the Company’s stockholders.
Proposal No. 4: Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2018 based on the following votes:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| 43,334,546 | 929,602 | 34,909 | 3,549,479 | ||||||||||
SIGNATURE
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.
| G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD. | ||
| Date: June 19, 2017 | ||
| By: | /s/ Neal S. Nackman | |
| Name: | Neal S. Nackman | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |