Form 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): July 21, 2017 (July 20, 2017)

 

 

Ennis, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Texas   1-5807   75-0256410
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)		   (Commission
File Number		   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

2441 Presidential Pkwy.

Midlothian, Texas

   76065
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (972) 775-9801

N/A

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

 

 

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).

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.  ☐

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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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

  (a) The Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on July 20, 2017. There were 25,435,090 eligible votes, with 23,539,048 votes being cast, or 92.55%.

 

  (b) Proxies for the meeting were solicited pursuant to Regulation 14A; there was no solicitation in opposition to management’s nominees for directors listed in the Proxy Statement and all such nominees were elected.

 

  1. The following directors were elected:

 

Nominees for Director

   Votes Cast
for		     Against     Abstain     Broker
Non-Votes		  
Frank D. Bracken     19,848,120       627,791       21,068       3,042,069  
Michael D. Magill     19,645,572       835,787       15,620       3,042,069  
Keith S. Walters     18,217,366       2,258,545       21,068       3,042,069  

The following directors’ terms of office as director continued after the Annual Meeting of Shareholders:

John R. Blind; Godfrey M. Long, Jr.; Thomas R. Price; Alejandro Quiroz; Michael J. Schaefer; and James C. Taylor.

 

  2. Selection of Grant Thornton, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending 2018.

 

For     Against     Abstain  
  22,809,045       692,705       37,298  

 

  3. To approve a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation.

 

For     Against     Abstain     Broker
Non-Votes		  
  18,471,711       1,924,348       100,920       3,042,069  

 

  4. To approve a non-binding vote on the frequency of holding the non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation.

 

1 Year     2 Years     3 Years     Abstain  
  16,421,821       38,981       3,849,647       87,111  

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.

 

    Ennis, Inc.
Date: July 21, 2017     By:   /s/ Richard L. Travis, Jr.
     

Richard L. Travis, Jr.

Chief Financial Officer