DULUTH FORM 8-K 7/19/2017



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):  July 18, 2017

DULUTH HOLDINGS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Wisconsin

001-37641

39-1564801

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


170 Countryside Drive

Belleville, Wisconsin  53508

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (608) 424-1544

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:

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.







Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At our 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on July 18, 2017, our shareholders voted on proposals to: (1) elect the nine individuals nominated by the Board of Directors of Duluth Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) to serve as directors until the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and (2) ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the year ending January 28, 2018.  The final voting results on these proposals are as follows:

(1)  Election of the below-named nominees to the Board of Directors of the
Company:

Nominee

 

Class of Common Stock

 

Number of
Votes
FOR

 


Withhold Authority

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stephen L. Schlecht

 

Class A

 

33,642,000

 

0

 

0

 

 

Class B

 

19,344,402

 

3,345,810

 

5,068,760

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stephanie L. Pugliese

 

Class A

 

33,642,000

 

0

 

0

 

 

Class B

 

21,497,335

 

1,192,877

 

5,068,760

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E. David Coolidge III

 

Class A

 

33,642,000

 

0

 

0

 

 

Class B

 

22,649,173

 

41,039

 

5,068,760

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Francesca M. Edwardson

 

Class A

 

33,642,000

 

0

 

0

 

 

Class B

 

22,654,432

 

35,780

 

5,068,760

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William E. Ferry

 

Class A

 

33,642,000

 

0

 

0

 

 

Class B

 

22,646,667

 

43,545

 

5,068,760

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David C. Finch

 

Class A

 

33,642,000

 

0

 

0

 

 

Class B

 

22,650,727

 

39,485

 

5,068,760

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas G. Folliard

 

Class A

 

33,642,000

 

0

 

0

 

 

Class B

 

22,646,257

 

43,955

 

5,068,760

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C. Roger Lewis

 

Class A

 

33,642,000

 

0

 

0

 

 

Class B

 

22,161,247

 

528,965

 

5,068,760

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brenda I. Morris

 

Class A

 

33,642,000

 

0

 

0

 

 

Class B

 

22,654,317

 

35,895

 

5,068,760



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(2)  Ratification of the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the year ending January 28, 2018:

Class of Common Stock

 

Number of Votes
FOR

 

Number of Votes
Against

 

Withheld/Abstentions

Class A

 

33,642,000

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class B

 

27,664,903

 

45,717

 

48,352

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




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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 hereunto duly authorized.


 

DULUTH HOLDINGS INC.

 

 

 

 

Dated:  July 19, 2017

By:

/s/ Mark M. DeOrio

 

Mark M. DeOrio

Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer




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