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 18, 2012
HSN, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| Delaware | 001-34061 | 26-2590893 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 1 HSN Drive, St. Petersburg, Florida 33729 | 33729 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
(727) 872-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(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 |
(a) HSN, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), held its annual meeting of shareholders on May 18, 2012.
(b) The matters on which the shareholders voted, in person or by proxy, were (i) to elect nine directors to serve until the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; and (ii) to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered certified public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. The results of the voting are as follows:
Proposal 1 – Election of Directors:
| Name of Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne |
52,063,078 | 1,001,043 | 2,233,925 | |||||||||
| Michael C. Boyd |
52,063,055 | 1,001,066 | 2,233,925 | |||||||||
| William Costello |
52,064,432 | 999,689 | 2,233,925 | |||||||||
| James M. Follo |
52,063,681 | 1,000,440 | 2,233,925 | |||||||||
| Mindy Grossman |
52,063,068 | 1,001,053 | 2,233,925 | |||||||||
| Stephanie Kugelman |
52,063,421 | 1,000,700 | 2,233,925 | |||||||||
| Arthur C. Martinez |
49,016,076 | 4,048,045 | 2,233,925 | |||||||||
| Thomas J. McInerney |
41,733,300 | 11,330,821 | 2,233,925 | |||||||||
| John B. (Jay) Morse, Jr. |
52,063,500 | 1,000,621 | 2,233,925 | |||||||||
As a result of these votes, each of the director nominees was elected to hold office for a one-year term ending on the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders.
Proposal 2 – Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered certified public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstaining | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 55,270,041 | 24,290 | 3,715 | 0 | |||||||||||
The shareholders approved Proposal 2.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
| HSN, INC. | ||||||
| Dated: May 18, 2012 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Judy A. Schmeling | |||||
| Judy A. Schmeling | ||||||
| Executive Vice President and | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
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