UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

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 18, 2011

 

 

Nash-Finch Company

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-785

 

41-0431960

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

7600 France Avenue South,

Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

55435

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (952) 832-0534

 


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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):


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

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 


 



 





 

 

Nash Finch Company (the “Company”) is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K/A as Amendment No. 1 to its Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Form 8-K”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 23, 2011 solely to correct a filing error and to properly identify Item 5.03 and Item 5.07 disclosures previously contained in its Current Report on Form 8-K as set forth below.  No information contained in the Form 8-K is amended by this Form 8-K/A.

 

 Item 5.03

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.


Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation


On May 18, 2011, Nash-Finch filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Restated Certificate of Incorporation (“Restated Certificate”) with the Secretary of State of Delaware.  The Certificate of Amendment became effective upon filing.  Nash-Finch included three proposals in its Proxy Statement seeking stockholder approval to amend its Restated Certificate of Incorporation:  (Proposal 2) to amend Article III - Nature and purpose of the Company, Article IV and IX - Election of directors and Article XIV - Board consideration of certain factors; (Proposal 3) to repeal Article XII - Stockholder approval of certain fundamental changes; and (Proposal 4) to repeal Article XIII - Stockholder approval of certain business combinations with a controlling person.  Specifically, the proposals sought stockholder approval of the following changes to the Fourth Restate Certificate of Incorporation:


(i)

to provide that the purpose of the Company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under Delaware corporation Law;

(ii)

to provide that directors may be elected without the use of written ballots;

(iii)

to clarify the fiduciary duties of directors in accordance with Delaware corporation law.

(iv)

to repeal the supermajority voting requirement for approval of a merger or consolidation, and;

(v)

to repeal the supermajority for approval of certain business combinations with a controlling person.  


Stockholders approved all three of the proposed amendments to the Restated Certificate at the 2011 Annual Meeting.  


A copy of the Certificate of Amendment as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is hereby incorporated by reference.


Item 5.07  

 

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The annual meeting of stockholders of Nash-Finch Company (the “Company”) was held on May 18, 2011. At the annual meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on eight proposals and cast their votes as follows:


Proposal Number 1 — Election of Directors.

The stockholders elected all of management’s nominees for election as directors. The results of the vote taken were as follows:

Directors

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-vote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alec C. Covington

 

  10,868,023

 

       35,260

 

     479,102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sam K. Duncan

 

  10,286,530

 

     616,753

 

     479,102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mickey P. Foret

 

  10,286,667

 

     616,616

 

     479,102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Douglas A. Hacker

 

  10,193,893

 

     709,390

 

     479,102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. MG (Ret) Hawthorne L. Proctor

 

  10,283,737

 

     619,546

 

     479,102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William R. Voss

 

  10,760,625

 

     142,658

 

     479,102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher W. Bodine

 

  10,869,561

 

       33,722

 

     479,102







 





Proposal 2 — To approve amendments to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation to amend or repeal provisions relating to (i) the nature and purpose of the Company, (ii) the election of directors and (iii) board consideration of certain factors.

The stockholders ratified the proposed amendments to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation.  The results of the vote taken were as follows:

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-vote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,822,717

 

 73,292

 

 7,274

 

479,102


Proposal 3 — To approve an amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation to repeal a provision relating to stockholder approval by supermajority vote of certain fundamental changes.  

The stockholders ratified the proposed amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation.  The results of the vote taken were as follows:

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-vote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,878,081

 

17,735

 

7,467

 

 479,102


Proposal 4 — To approve an amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation to repeal a provision relating to stockholder approval by supermajority vote of certain business combinations with a controlling person.  

The stockholders ratified the proposed amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation.  The results of the vote taken were as follows:

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-vote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,661,766

 

15,368

 

10,560

 

479,102


Vote totals exclude 1,215,589 shares held by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. which constitutes a “controlling person” within the meaning of Article XIII and deemed to have an interest in this Proposal.


Proposal Number 5 — Advisory resolution on executive compensation (the “say-on-pay” vote)

The stockholders voted on the advisory resolution on compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The results of the vote taken were as follows:

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-vote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,984,123

 

913,073

 

5,695

 

479,102


Proposal Number 6 — Advisory resolution on the frequency of future advisory say-on-pay votes on executive compensation

 

 

Every Year

 

Every Two Years

 

Every Three Years

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-vote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,889,676

 

25,491

 

983,191

 

4,475

 

479,102



 









Consistent with the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors with respect to Proposal Number 6, all of the shares of common stock represented at the meeting, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote on a proposal, voted, on an advisory basis, to hold future say-on-pay votes on compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every year. The Company’s Board of Directors has determined that the Company will hold an annual advisory say-on-pay vote until the next advisory vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on executive compensation


Proposal 7 — Ratification of the selection of Grant Thornton LP as auditors

The stockholders ratified the selection, by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, of Grant Thornton LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011. The results of the vote taken were as follows:

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,342,582

 

37,419

 

2,384

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal 8 — To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal.

The stockholders rejected the stockholder proposal to adopt cumulative stockholder voting for directors.  The results of the vote taken were as follows:

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-vote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,703,204

 

7,176,217

 

23,862

 

479,102


 


 






SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

 

NASH-FINCH COMPANY

 

 

 

Date: May 23, 2011

By:

 /s/ Kathleen M. Mahoney

 

 

Name:

Kathleen M. Mahoney

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary