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 11, 2012

 

 

CARIBOU COFFEE COMPANY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Minnesota   000-51535   41-1731219

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3900 Lakebreeze Avenue, North,

Brooklyn Center, MN

  55429
(Address of principal executive offices)   (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 9, 2012, the shareholders elected seven directors nominated by the Board of Directors to serve until the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, approved the advisory resolution on executive compensation, voted to conduct future advisory votes on executive compensation annually, approved the Company’s Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan and ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 30, 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

     14,714,261            702,790            3,939,968   

Sarah Palisi Chapin

     14,712,886            704,165            3,939,968   

Wallace B. Doolin

     14,713,578            703,473            3,939,968   

Gary A. Graves

     15,054,274            362,777            3,939,968   

Charles H. Ogburn

     14,212,978            1,204073            3,939,968   

Philip H. Sanford

     14,711,963            705,088            3,939,968   

Michael J. Tattersfield

     15,093,197            323,854            3,939,968   

Approval of the advisory resolution on executive compensation

     14,720,654         527,056            169,351         3,939,968   

Approval the Company’s Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan

     13,667,519         1,719,481            30,051         3,939,968   

Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm

     18,766,393         571,105            19,521      
     1 year         2 years         3 years         Abstentions        
 
Broker
non-votes
  
  

Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation

     12,559,688         266,563         2,424,418         166,382      


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 11, 2012

 

CARIBOU COFFEE COMPANY, INC.
By:    /s/ Dan E. Lee
  Dan E. Lee
 

Senior Vice President, General

Counsel and Secretary