bassett_8k-041311.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) April 13, 2011
 
 
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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Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
The Company’s 2011 annual meeting of shareholders was held on April 13, 2010.  As of the record date for the meeting, the Company had 11,568,563 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
  
Peter W. Brown, M.D.
     6,537,139       739,367       -       2,871,742  
Paul Fulton
     6,505,147       771,359       -       2,871,742  
Howard H. Haworth
     6,532,703       743,803       -       2,871,742  
George W. Henderson, III
     6,539,436       737,070       -       2,871,742  
Kristina Herbig
     6,541,326       735,180       -       2,871,742  
Dale C. Pond
     6,319,189       957,317       -       2,871,742  
Robert H. Spilman, Jr.
     6,500,856       775,650       -       2,871,742  
William C. Wampler, Jr.
     6,541,381       735,125       -       2,871,742  
William C. Warden, Jr.
     6,538,300       738,206       -       2,871,742  

At the annual meeting, the shareholders also voted on one proposal:
 
 
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 Withheld
    
Votes Abstain
    
Broker Non-Vote
  
                         
Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP
     10,087,738       43,948       16,562       -  

 
 
 

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:  April 13, 2011 
By:
/s/ J. Michael Daniel  
   
J. Michael Daniel
  
   
Title: Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer