Advance Auto Parts Inc 8-K, filed Jun 1, 2021
Advance Auto Parts Inc (AAP)
8-K
2021-06-01
For: 2021-05-26
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About this 8-K
Advance Auto Parts Inc filed this 8-K on June 1, 2021, reporting on events of May 26, 2021.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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): May 26, 2021
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||||
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(540 ) 362-4911
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||
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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. The following matters were submitted to a vote by the stockholders: (1) election of nine nominees to serve as members of the Board of Directors until the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, (2) non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, (3) ratification of the appointment of Deloitte and Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2021, and (4) non-binding advisory vote to approve the stockholder proposal regarding amending our proxy access rights to remove the shareholder aggregation limit.
All nominees were elected to the Board of Directors with the following vote counts:
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carla J. Bailo | 54,699,301 | 107,232 | 7,517 | |||||||||||||||||
| John F. Ferraro | 52,755,262 | 2,048,837 | 9,951 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas R. Greco | 54,642,334 | 162,511 | 9,205 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jeffrey J. Jones II | 54,025,995 | 778,931 | 9,124 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eugene I. Lee, Jr. | 53,400,847 | 1,404,410 | 8,793 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sharon L. McCollam | 52,128,175 | 2,678,982 | 6,893 | |||||||||||||||||
| Douglas A. Pertz | 54,468,320 | 335,704 | 10,026 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigel Travis | 54,197,052 | 607,437 | 9,561 | |||||||||||||||||
| Arthur L. Valdez Jr. | 54,714,303 | 89,929 | 9,818 | |||||||||||||||||
There were 3,158,203 broker non-votes recorded for each nominee.
The compensation of the named executive officers was approved by the following non-binding advisory vote:
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER NON-VOTES | ||||||||
| 53,342,138 | 1,446,285 | 25,627 | 3,158,203 | ||||||||
Stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte and Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2021. The vote on the proposal was as follows:
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||
| 57,451,372 | 512,709 | 8,172 | ||||||
A majority of the Company’s outstanding shares were cast against the non-binding advisory vote to approve the stockholder proposal regarding amending our proxy access rights to remove the shareholder aggregation limit. The vote on the proposal was as follows:
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER NON-VOTES | ||||||||
| 22,584,288 | 32,164,540 | 65,222 | 3,158,203 | ||||||||
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number | |||||
| 101.1 | Pursuant to Rule 406 of Regulation S-T, the cover page to this Current Report on Form 8-K is formatted in Inline XBRL. | ||||
| 104.1 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document included in Exhibit 101.1). | ||||
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.
| ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC. | ||||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||||
| Date: June 1, 2021 | /s/ Jeffrey W. Shepherd | |||||||
| Jeffrey W. Shepherd | ||||||||
| Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||