blbd-20220309

Delaware

001-36267

46-3891989

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

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Common stock, $0.0001 par value

BLBD

NASDAQ Global Market

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).

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(a)On March 9, 2022, the Company held its annual meeting of stockholders. The Company solicited proxies for the meeting pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). As of the record date of January 14, 2022, there were 31,975,274 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the annual meeting. At the annual meeting, a total of 28,634,728 shares, or 90% of the outstanding shares of common stock, were voted by proxy or in person.

(1) Proposal One - Election of Directors. Four nominees for election as directors to Class II of the Company’s classified board were elected for three-year terms (until the 2025 annual meeting), with the results of the voting as follows:


Nominee	Term Expires (at annual meeting of stockholders)	Votes For	Votes Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Chan W. Galbato	2025	25,796,613	974,229	1,863,886
Adam Gray	2025	26,702,579	68,263	1,863,886
Kathleen M. Shaw, Ph.D.	2025	26,598,508	172,334	1,863,886
Matthew Stevenson	2025	26,701,729	69,113	1,863,886

The terms of the following Class I directors will continue until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders: Gurminder S. Bedi, Kevin Penn and Alan H. Schumacher. The terms of the following Class III directors will continue until the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders: Douglas Grimm, Philip Horlock and Jared Sperling.

(2) Proposal Two - Ratification of Appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2022.

(d) As previously reported, at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the stockholders approved holding a “say-on-pay” vote every three years; therefore, the Company will hold its next “say-on-pay” vote at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

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.


BLUE BIRD CORPORATION

By:						/s/ Paul Yousif
Name:						Paul Yousif
Title:						Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Treasurer


Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions
28,182,589	4,833	447,306