Boot Barn Holdings, Inc 8-K, filed Aug 28, 2025
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (BOOT)
About this 8-K
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc filed this 8-K on August 28, 2025, reporting on events of August 27, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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Item 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on August 27, 2025. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on four proposals and cast their votes as follows:
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
The stockholders elected all of management’s nominees for election as directors. The results of the vote taken were as follows:
Directors |
| For |
| Withheld |
| Broker Non-Vote |
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Chris Bruzzo | | 27,385,977 | | 261,620 | | 878,700 | |
Eddie Burt | | 27,413,706 | | 233,891 | | 878,700 | |
John Hazen |
| 27,378,874 | | 268,723 | | 878,700 |
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Lisa G. Laube |
| 21,660,740 | | 5,986,857 | | 878,700 |
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Anne MacDonald |
| 27,282,336 | | 365,261 | | 878,700 |
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Brenda I. Morris |
| 27,068,879 | | 578,718 | | 878,700 |
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Peter Starrett |
| 27,185,353 | | 462,244 | | 878,700 |
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Brad Weston | | 27,413,700 | | 233,897 | | 878,700 | |
Proposal 2: Say-on-Pay
The stockholders voted for the adoption of the non-binding advisory resolution approving the fiscal 2025 compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. The results of the vote taken were as follows:
For |
| Against |
| Abstain |
| Broker Non-Vote |
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25,937,593 | | 1,664,217 | | 45,787 | | 878,700 |
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Proposal 3: Say-on-Frequency
The stockholders voted, on a non-binding advisory basis, for future say-on-pay votes to be conducted on an annual basis. The results of the vote taken were as follows:
One Year |
| Two Years |
| Three Years |
| Abstain |
| Broker Non-Vote | |
26,970,417 | | 916 | | 641,077 | | 35,187 |
| 878,700 | |
Proposal 4: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditor
The stockholders ratified the appointment, by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 28, 2026. The results of the vote taken were as follows.
For |
| Against |
| Abstain |
| Broker Non-Vote |
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27,768,432 | | 724,931 | | 32,934 | | N/A |
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As reported above, the Company’s stockholders expressed a preference of “One Year” for the frequency with which advisory votes on named executive officer compensation should be held. The Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) considered the outcome of this advisory vote and, in accordance with its recommendation set forth in the Company’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting and consistent with the stated preference of the Company’s stockholders, the Board determined that future advisory stockholder votes on executive compensation will be conducted on an annual basis, until the next advisory vote on frequency is held. The next advisory vote regarding the frequency of say-on-pay votes is required to occur no later than the Company’s 2031 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
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.
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Date: August 28, 2025 | By: | /s/ James M. Watkins |
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| Name: James M. Watkins |
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| Title: Chief Financial Officer and Secretary |