UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 21, 2018
 
MOVADO GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

NEW YORK
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

1-16497

13-2595932
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

650 FROM ROAD, SUITE 375
PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY


07652-3556
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
(201) 267-8000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
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.
 
(a) Annual Meeting. The 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company was held on June 21, 2018.
 
(b) Matters Voted Upon; Voting Results. The following matters were submitted for a vote of the Company’s shareholders.
 
Matter One. Election of Directors. Each of the nine nominees listed below was elected a director of the Company to hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified.
 
 
 
Nominee
 
Number
of
Votes For
 
Number of
Votes
Withheld
 
Number of
Broker
Non-Votes
Margaret Hayes Adame
75,896,928
860,437
1,252,234
Peter A. Bridgman
76,438,431
318,934
1,252,234
Richard J. Coté
76,062,817
694,548
1,252,234
Alex Grinberg
76,175,641
581,724
1,252,234
Efraim Grinberg
76,323,181
434,184
1,252,234
Alan H. Howard
76,033,240
724,125
1,252,234
Richard Isserman
76,254,491
502,874
1,252,234
Nathan Leventhal
75,903,539
853,826
1,252,234
Maurice Reznik
76,567,617
189,748
1,252,234
 
Matter Two. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2019.
 
 
Number
of
Votes For
 
Number of
Votes
Against
 
Number of
Votes
Abstaining
 
Number of
Broker
Non-Votes
77,755,562
210,272
43,765
-
 
Matter Three. Adoption, on an advisory basis, of a resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement for the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
 
 
Number
of
Votes For
 
Number of
Votes
Against
 
Number of
Votes
Abstaining
 
Number of
Broker
Non-Votes
76,238,581
473,740
45,044 
1,252,234 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: June 25, 2018
 
MOVADO GROUP, INC.
  
       
       
 
By:
 /s/ Mitchell C. Sussis  
  Name: 
Mitchell C. Sussis
  
  Title: 
Senior Vice President and General Counsel