bset20150312b_8k.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) March 12, 2015

 

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BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

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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):

 

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))

 

 
 

 

 

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

  

The Company’s 2015 annual meeting of shareholders was held on March 11, 2015. As of the record date for the meeting, the Company had 10,569,078 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.

    7,404,878       252,890       -       1,802,930  

Kristina Cashman

    7,410,662       247,106       -       1,802,930  

Paul Fulton

    7,376,249       281,519       -       1,802,930  

Howard H. Haworth

    7,395,017       262,751       -       1,802,930  

George W. Henderson, III

    7,411,849       245,919       -       1,802,930  

J. Walter McDowell

    7,405,537       252,231       -       1,802,930  

Dale C. Pond

    6,491,425       1,166,343       -       1,802,930  

Robert H. Spilman, Jr.

    7,397,844       259,924       -       1,802,930  

William C. Wampler, Jr.

    7,042,391       615,377       -       1,802,930  

William C. Warden, Jr.

    7,411,161       246,607       -       1,802,930  

 

At the annual meeting, the shareholders also voted on two 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

    9,173,653       253,062       33,983       -  

 

 

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

    7,425,245       200,436       32,087       1,802,930  

 

 
 

 

 

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, 2015

By:

/s/ J. Michael Daniel

 

 

J. Michael Daniel

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer