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):  September 23, 2010

DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-14335

 

13-3542950

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

One Market @ The Landmark

San Francisco, California

 

94105

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (415) 247-3000

N/A

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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:

¨  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

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

Del Monte Foods Company’s 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on September 23, 2010. At the meeting:

 

  1) Victor L. Lund, Joe L. Morgan and David R. Williams were elected as directors of Del Monte Foods Company to hold office for one-year terms;

 

  2) the amendment and restatement of the Del Monte Foods Company Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate supermajority voting provisions was approved; and

 

  3) the appointment of KPMG LLP as Del Monte Foods Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year ending May 1, 2011 was ratified.

Set forth below, with respect to each such matter, are the number of votes cast for or against, the number of abstentions and the number of broker non-votes.

 

  1) Election of Victor L. Lund, Joe L. Morgan and David R. Williams as directors of Del Monte Foods Company to hold office for one-year terms

 

     Number of Votes

  Nominee

       For            Against                Abstentions          Broker Non-Votes  

  Victor L. Lund

     155,420,449      3,178,751      170,286      15,468,263

  Joe L. Morgan

     155,690,007      2,915,754      163,725      15,468,263

  David R. Williams

     155,717,224      2,895,703      156,559      15,468,263

 

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2) Approval of the amendment and restatement of the Del Monte Foods Company Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate supermajority voting provisions

 

Number of Votes
            For                        Against             Abstentions       Broker Non-Votes  
  172,790,176     695,660     751,913   -

 

 

3) Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as Del Monte Foods Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year ending May 1, 2011

 

Number of Votes
            For                        Against             Abstentions       Broker Non-Votes  
  171,088,185     2,961,352     188,212   -

 

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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.

 

    Del Monte Foods Company
Date: September 23, 2010     By:     /s/ James Potter                                        
    Name:   James Potter
    Title:   Secretary

 

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