hooker8k060914.htm
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): June 5, 2014
 
 
HOOKER FURNITURE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Virginia
000-25349
54-0251350
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission
File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
440 East Commonwealth Boulevard,
Martinsville, VA
 
24112
 
(276) 632-0459
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(zip code)
 
(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)
 

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Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Hooker Furniture Corporation (the “Company”) held on June 5, 2014, shareholders voted on the matters described below:
 
1.  
The Company’s shareholders elected each of the following seven directors to serve a one-year term on the Company’s Board of Directors by the following vote:
 
   
Votes
    
Votes
    
Broker
  
Director
  
For
    
Withheld
    
Non-votes
  
Paul B. Toms, Jr.
     8,465,380       316,701       1,166,870  
W. Christopher Beeler, Jr.
     8,321,175       460,906      
1,166,870
  
John L. Gregory, III
     8,318,564       463,517      
1,166,870
  
E. Larry Ryder
     8,416,314       365,767      
1,166,870
  
Mark F. Schreiber
     8,536,845       245,236      
1,166,870
  
David G. Sweet
     8,537,195       244,886      
1,166,870
  
Henry G. Williamson, Jr.
     8,535,197       246,884      
1,166,870
  
 
2.  
The Company’s shareholders ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 1, 2015 by the following vote:
 
Votes For
    
Votes Against
    
Abstain
    
Broker Non-votes
  
  9,725,570       141,435       81,946       -  
 
3.  
The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the executive compensation program for its named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting. The proposal was approved by the following vote:
 
Votes For
    
Votes Against
    
Abstain
    
Broker Non-votes
  
  8,340,489       391,106       50,486       1,166,870  
 

 
 
 
 
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.
 
HOOKER FURNITURE CORPORATION
 
By:         /s/ Paul A. Huckfeldt                                                                   
Paul A. Huckfeldt
Senior Vice-President – Finance and Accounting
Chief Financial Officer


Date: June 9, 2014