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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) March 11, 2020

 


 

BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Virginia

000-00209

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):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol

 

Name of exchange on which registered

Common Stock ($5.00 par value)

 

BSET

 

NASDAQ

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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. ☐

 



 

 

 

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

 

The Company’s 2020 annual meeting of shareholders was held on March 11, 2020. As of the record date for the meeting, the Company had 10,103,674 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

 

John R. Belk

   

7,446,073

     

261,247

     

-

     

1,201,909

 

Kristina Cashman

   

7,207,418

     

499,902

     

-

     

1,201,909

 

Virginia W. Hamlet

   

7,386,991

     

320,329

             

1,201,909

 

J. Walter McDowell

   

7,445,243

     

262,077

     

-

     

1,201,909

 

Robert H. Spilman, Jr.

   

7,196,362

     

510,958

     

-

     

1,201,909

 

William C. Wampler, Jr.

   

7,061,381

     

645,939

     

-

     

1,201,909

 

William C. Warden, Jr.

   

7,140,895

     

566,425

     

-

     

1,201,909

 

 

 

At the annual meeting, the shareholders also voted on three proposals:

 

 

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 Against

   

Votes Abstain

   

Broker Non-Vote

 
                                 

Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP

   

8,734,228

     

165,281

     

9,720

     

-

 

 

 

 

2.

To consider and act on an advisory vote regarding the approval of the compensation paid to certain executive officers.

 

The final tabulation was as follows:

 

Proposal

 

Votes For

   

Votes Against

   

Votes Abstain

   

Broker Non-Vote

 
                                 

Approval of Officer Compensation

   

7,591,674

     

98,048

     

17,958

     

1,201,909

 

 

 

 

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: March 12, 2020

By:

/s/ J. Michael Daniel

 

 

J. Michael Daniel

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer