0000039648-15-000030.txt : 20151111 0000039648-15-000030.hdr.sgml : 20151111 20151110095801 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000039648-15-000030 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20151104 ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20151110 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20151110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: G&K SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000039648 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PERSONAL SERVICES [7200] IRS NUMBER: 410449530 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 0702 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-04063 FILM NUMBER: 151217616 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5995 OPUS PARKWAY STREET 2: SUITE 500 CITY: MINNETONKA STATE: MN ZIP: 55343 BUSINESS PHONE: 9529125500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5995 OPUS PARKWAY STREET 2: SUITE 500 CITY: MINNETONKA STATE: MN ZIP: 55343 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NORTHWEST LINEN CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19681227 8-K 1 a114158-k.htm 8-K 8-K


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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)
November 4, 2015
 
G&K Services, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
Minnesota
0-4063
41-0449530
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
5995 Opus Parkway, Minnetonka, MN
55343
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
(952) 912-5500
 
n/a
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.03.    Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

At the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on November 4, 2015, the Company's shareholders approved an amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to adopt majority voting for the election of directors in uncontested elections. The amendment became effective on November 4, 2015.
Item 5.07.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Company's Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on the matters set forth below.

1.
The nominees for election to the Board of Directors were elected, each for a three-year term, based upon the following votes:

Nominee
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Thomas R. Greco
17,965,399
89,343
883,746
Douglas A. Milroy
17,637,363
417,379
883,746
Alice M. Richter
17,849,682
205,060
883,746

There were no abstentions for this item.

2.
The proposal to approve an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to adopt majority voting for the election of directors in uncontested elections was approved based upon the following votes:

For
17,999,671

Against
39,074

Abstentions
15,997

Broker non-votes
883,746



3.
The proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2016 was approved based upon the following votes:

Votes for approval
18,886,240
Votes against
48,659
Abstentions
3,589

There were no broker non-votes for this item.

4.The shareholders approved a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation:
For
17,639,232
Against
392,594
Abstentions
22,916
Broker non-votes
883,746







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.
 
Date: November 10, 2015
By
/s/ Jeffrey L. Cotter
 
 
Jeffrey L. Cotter
 
Its
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary