Form 8-K - Annual Meeting of Stockholders


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 February 9, 2015 (February 3, 2015)
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
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Aramark
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware
001-36223
20-8236097
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
1101 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19107
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(215) 238-3000
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Aramark (the "Company")held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on February 3, 2015, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A quorum was present at the meeting. Set forth below are the final voting results with respect to each matter voted upon by the Stockholders:
1.
Election of the following 10 directors to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the Company’s 2016 Annual Meeting and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified:
Nominees for Director
 
For
 
Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
Eric J. Foss
 
207,154,142

 
2,037,883

 
5,192,235

Todd M. Abbrecht
 
207,456,584

 
1,735,441

 
5,192,235

Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr.
 
205,015,907

 
4,176,118

 
5,192,235

David A. Barr
 
178,446,146

 
30,745,879

 
5,192,235

Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant
 
208,350,609

 
841,416

 
5,192,235

Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.
 
204,789,689

 
4,402,336

 
5,192,235

Irene M. Esteves
 
208,354,309

 
837,716

 
5,192,235

Daniel J. Heinrich
 
207,999,895

 
1,192,130

 
5,192,235

Sanjeev Mehra
 
165,635,888

 
43,556,137

 
5,192,235

Stephen Sadove
 
205,186,712

 
4,005,313

 
5,192,235


2.
Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 2, 2015:
For
 
Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
213,585,738

 
83,265

 
715,257

 
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3.
Adoption of a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation (“say-on-pay”):
For
 
Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
143,382,844

 
64,932,391

 
876,790

 
5,192,235

4.
Adoption of a non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation:
1 Year
 
2 Years
 
3 Years
 
Abstentions
207,578,021

 
504,851

 
350,553

 
758,600

As described above, a majority of the votes cast voted, in an advisory, non-binding vote, in favor of having a stockholder vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every year. In light of such vote, and consistent with the Company’s recommendation, the Company’s Board of Directors determined that it currently intends to include an advisory, non-binding vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every year until the next required vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers




SIGNATURE

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.




 
 
 
Aramark
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
February 9, 2015
 
By:
/s/ JOSEPH MUNNELLY
 
 
 
Name:
Joseph Munnelly
 
 
 
Title:
Senior Vice President, Controller and
 
 
 
 
Chief Accounting Officer