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): September 12, 2018

 

THE CONTAINER STORE GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

500 Freeport Parkway

Coppell, TX 75019

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(972) 538-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, include area code)

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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

 

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

 

On September 12, 2018, The Container Store Group, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders.  A total of 44,040,606 shares of common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting, representing approximately 90 percent of the Company’s outstanding common stock as of the July 20, 2018 record date. The following are the voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the meeting, all of which were described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 24, 2018.

 

Item 1 — Election of four Class II directors for a term of office expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2021 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified.

 

NOMINEE		Votes FOR		Votes WITHHELD		Broker Non-Votes
J. Kristofer Galashan		33,495,265		2,889,942		7,655,399
Melissa Reiff		32,016,868		4,368,339		7,655,399
Rajendra (“Raj”) Sisodia		35,426,579		958,628		7,655,399
Caryl Stern		35,604,925		780,282		7,655,399

 

Item 2 — Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 30, 2019.

 

Votes FOR		Votes AGAINST		Votes ABSTAINED		Broker Non-Votes
43,603,570		282,883		154,153		0

 

Based on the foregoing votes, each of the four Class II director nominees was elected and Item 2 was approved.

 

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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.

	THE CONTAINER STORE GROUP, INC.
Date: September 13, 2018	By:	/s/ Jodi L. Taylor
		Jodi L. Taylor
		Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer

 

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