6-K - GIL - Equibles

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

Form 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of: May 2021	Commission File Number: 1-14830

GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC.

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

600 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West

33rd Floor

Montréal, Québec

Canada H3A 3J2

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

	GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC.
Date: May 6, 2021	By:	/s/ Lindsay Matthews
		Name:	Lindsay Matthews
		Title:	Vice-President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit	Description of Exhibit
99.1	Voting Results

Document

May 6, 2021

Subject:	Gildan Activewear Inc. (the “Corporation”)<br><br>Report of Voting Results Pursuant to Section 11.3 of National<br><br>Instrument 51-102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations (“NI 51-102”)

Following the virtual annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation held on May 6, 2021 (the “Meeting”), and in accordance with section 11.3 of NI 51-102, we hereby advise you of the following voting results obtained at the Meeting. According to the Scrutineers’ report, shareholders were present at the Meeting, or represented by proxy, representing 172,897,408 common shares or 87.14% of the 198,422,935 shares outstanding on the March 9, 2021 record date for the Meeting.

1.Election of Directors

An electronic ballot was conducted with respect to the election of directors. According to proxies received and ballots cast, the following individuals were elected as directors of the Corporation until the next annual shareholders’ meeting, with the following results:

NAME OF NOMINEE	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES WITHHELD	%
Donald C. Berg	169,398,549	99.66	583,283	0.34
Maryse Bertrand	168,707,042	99.25	1,274,790	0.75
Marc Caira	169,085,465	99.47	896,367	0.53
Glenn J. Chamandy	169,447,357	99.69	534,475	0.31
Shirley E. Cunningham	143,839,198	84.62	26,142,634	15.38
Russell Goodman	153,152,906	90.10	16,828,926	9.90
Charles M. Herington	153,490,675	90.30	16,491,157	9.70
Luc Jobin	151,943,278	89.39	18,038,554	10.61
Craig A. Leavitt	153,914,181	90.55	16,067,651	9.45
Anne Martin-Vachon	153,612,499	90.37	16,369,333	9.63

2.Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

An electronic ballot was conducted with respect to the adoption of an advisory vote on executive compensation. According to proxies received and ballots cast, a majority of shareholders voted against the non-biding Advisory vote on Executive Compensation, as per the following results:

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation		VOTES FOR		%		VOTES AGAINST		%
	69,459,600		40.86		100,522,232		59.14

3.Appointment of Auditors

An electronic ballot was conducted with respect to the appointment of the auditors. According to proxies received and ballots cast, KPMG LLP were appointed as the Corporation’s auditors for the ensuing year, at such remuneration as may be fixed by the Board of Directors with the following results:

Appointment of Auditors		VOTES FOR		%		VOTES WITHHELD		%
	164,788,114		95.31		8,107,647		4.69

Yours truly,

(s) Lindsay Matthews

Lindsay Matthews

Vice-President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary