Form 8-K

 

 

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): June 4, 2012 (June 1, 2012)

 

 

FLOWERS FOODS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Georgia   1-16247   58-2582379

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1919 Flowers Circle, Thomasville, GA   31757
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (229) 226-9110

 

 

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 by Security Holders.

The company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on June 1, 2012 in Thomasville, Georgia for the following purposes and with the following voting results:

(1) To elect four nominees as directors of the company to serve in Class II until 2015:

 

Class I Directors:

   For      Withheld      Broker-Non Votes  

Joe E. Beverly

     115,304,906         1,078,907         12,314,255   

Amos R. McMullian

     113,433,081         2,950,732         12,314,255   

J.V. Shields, Jr.

     114,809,234         1,574,579         12,314,255   

David V. Singer

     115,478,080         905,734         12,314,255   

(2) To hold an advisory vote on executive compensation:

 

For

     113,233,761   

Against

     1,035,367   

Abstain

     2,114,684   

Broker Non-Votes

     12,314,255   

(3) To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm for Flowers Foods for the fiscal year ending December 29, 2012:

 

For

     127,743,014   

Against

     829,779   

Abstain

     125,275   

Broker Non-Votes

     —     

With respect to Proposal 1, Director-nominees received a plurality of votes cast in the election of directors and were each elected to serve in Class II for a term of three years. Proposals 2 and 3 both received a majority of votes cast and therefore passed.


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.

 

  FLOWERS FOODS, INC.
By:  

/s/ R. Steve Kinsey

 

Name: R. Steve Kinsey

Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: June 4, 2012

 

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