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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2020 Annual Meeting”) on June 11, 2020. A total of 44,061,209 shares were represented at the 2020 Annual Meeting and the Company’s stockholders took the following actions:
Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors
The Company’s stockholders elected each of the eleven nominees for director to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified based on the following votes:
Name | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes |
Morris Goldfarb | 37,872,936 | 1,687,035 | 4,501,238 |
Sammy Aaron | 36,318,089 | 3,241,882 | 4,501,238 |
Thomas J. Brosig | 37,879,014 | 1,680,957 | 4,501,238 |
Alan Feller | 38,736,296 | 823,675 | 4,501,238 |
Jeffrey Goldfarb | 36,321,850 | 3,238,121 | 4,501,238 |
Victor Herrero | 39,360,015 | 199,956 | 4,501,238 |
Jeanette Nostra | 32,798,630 | 6,761,341 | 4,501,238 |
Laura Pomerantz | 36,586,232 | 2,973,739 | 4,501,238 |
Willem van Bokhorst | 36,462,519 | 3,097,452 | 4,501,238 |
Cheryl Vitali | 39,106,066 | 453,905 | 4,501,238 |
Richard White | 35,651,789 | 3,908,182 | 4,501,238 |
Proposal No. 2: Advisory Vote on Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers
The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by the following votes:
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
27,464,144 | 11,725,140 | 370,687 | 4,501,238 |
The Board and the Compensation Committee of the Board will consider the results of this advisory vote and its continuing stockholder outreach in making future decisions on named executive officer compensation.
Proposal No. 3: Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2021 based on the following votes:
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
43,424,717 | 617,087 | 19,405 | - |
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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.
G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD. | ||
Date: June 12, 2020 | ||
By: | /s/ Neal S. Nackman | |
Name: | Neal S. Nackman | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
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