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): May 16, 2011
CARIBOU COFFEE COMPANY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Minnesota
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  000-51535
(Commission File Number)
  41-1731219
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
3900 Lakebreeze Avenue, North,
Brooklyn Center, MN

(Address of principal executive
offices)
  55429
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 763-592-2200
Not Applicable
(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.
At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.(“the Company”) held on May 12, 2011, the shareholders elected nine directors nominated by the Board of Directors to serve until the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, approved the amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock available for awards thereunder by 1,000,000 shares and ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 1, 2012.
The table below shows the results of the shareholders’ votes:
                                         
            Votes     Votes             Broker  
    Votes for     against     withheld     Abstentions     non-votes  
Election of directors:
                                       
Kip R. Caffey
    15,446,237               255,023               2,868,174  
Sarah Palisi Chapin
    15,402,902               298,358               2,868,174  
E. Stockton Croft IV
    15,164,947               536,313               2,868,174  
Wallace B. Doolin
    14,858,627               842,633               2,868,174  
Gary A. Graves
    15,450,237               251,023               2,868,174  
Kevin J. Keough
    15,169,492               531,768               2,868,174  
Charles H. Ogburn
    15,161,116               540,144               2,868,174  
Philip H. Sanford
    15,445,527               255,733               2,868,174  
Michael J. Tattersfield
    15,092,907               608,353               2,868,174  
Approval of amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
    10,781,753       4,905,789               13,718       2,868,174  
Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm
    18,214,202       350,093               5,139          

 


 

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.
Date: May 16, 2011
         
  CARIBOU COFFEE COMPANY, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Dan E. Lee    
    Dan E. Lee   
    Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary