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): June 8, 2012

 

 

rue21, inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-34536   25-1311645

(State or other jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

800 Commonwealth Drive

Warrendale, Pennsylvania

  15086
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(724) 776-9780

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

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

 

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

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of rue21, inc., (the “Company”) held on June 8, 2012, the Company’s stockholders elected the Company’s nominees for Class III directors for a three-year term expiring in 2015, ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young, LLP, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 2, 2013, and approved, on a non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting (“Say on Pay”).

The final results of the voting were as follows:

 

     For      Withheld      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Election of Directors

        

Macon Brock

     21,006,547         544,954         1,647,449   

John Megrue

     21,165,739         385,762         1,647,449   

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Approval of Compensation Paid

To Named Executive Officers

(“Say on Pay”)

     21,380,123         170,766         612         1,647,449   

 

      For      Against      Abstain  

Ratification of the Appointment

of Independent Registered Public

Accounting Firm

     23,146,547         52,403         0   


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.

 

rue21, inc.
    By:   /s/  Stacy Siegal         
 

Stacy Siegal

Vice President and General Counsel

June 8, 2012