Sanfilippo John B & Son Inc 8-K, filed Nov 4, 2022
Sanfilippo John B & Son Inc (JBSS)
About this 8-K
Sanfilippo John B & Son Inc filed this 8-K on November 4, 2022, reporting on events of November 3, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
- Item 8.01: Other events
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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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, 2022 (
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| ITEM 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
| (a) | On November 3, 2022, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (the “Registrant”) held its 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). |
| (b) | The final results of voting for each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below. |
(i) The following directors were elected at the Annual Meeting and the voting for each director was as follows (with Common Stock and Class A Common Stock stockholders voting separately):
| Nominee |
For | Withhold | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Common Stock Directors and Voting Results: |
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| Pamela Forbes Lieberman |
6,535,340 | 882,533 | 682,995 | |||||||||
| Mercedes Romero |
6,549,800 | 868,073 | 682,995 | |||||||||
| Ellen C. Taaffe |
5,662,308 | 1,755,565 | 682,995 | |||||||||
| Class A Common Stock Directors and Voting Results: |
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| James J. Sanfilippo |
2,597,426 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jasper B. Sanfilippo, Jr. |
2,597,426 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo |
2,597,426 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John E. Sanfilippo |
2,597,426 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lisa A. Sanfilippo |
2,597,426 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| James A. Valentine |
2,597,426 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Michael J. Valentine |
2,597,426 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
(ii) The Audit Committee’s appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year was ratified by the following vote (with Common Stock and Class A Common Stock stockholders voting together):
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||
| PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
33,890,315 | 179,004 | 5,809 | 0 | ||||||||||||
(iii) The advisory vote on executive compensation was approved by the following vote (with Common Stock and Class A Common Stock stockholders voting together):
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||
| Advisory vote on executive compensation |
33,106,548 | 276,229 | 9,356 | 682,995 | ||||||||||||
ITEM 8.01 Other Events.
On November 3, 2022, Ellen C. Taaffe was elected as lead independent director of the Registrant for a term of 2 years. The lead independent director will have the roles and responsibilities as set forth in the Registrant’s Corporate Governance Guidelines.
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.
| JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC. (Registrant) | ||||||
| Date: November 4, 2022 | By: | /s/ Frank S. Pellegrino | ||||
| Name: | Frank S. Pellegrino Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration | |||||