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): April 27, 2017

Yum China Holdings, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-37762

 

81-2421743

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

7100 Corporate Drive

Plano, Texas 75024

United States of America

 

16/F Two Grand Gateway

3 Hongqiao Road

Shanghai 200030

People’s Republic of China

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

 

(469) 980-2898

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(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:

 

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Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Yum China Holdings, Inc. (the Company) held its 2017 annual meeting of stockholders at 8:30 a.m. local time on April 28, 2017 at the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, 5 Connaught Road, Central, Hong Kong (the “Annual Meeting”).  A total of 321,345,675 shares, or 83.6% of the Company’s outstanding common stock, were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum.  At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders: (i) elected the three Class I director nominees listed below to serve until the 2019 annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders; (ii) ratified the appointment of KPMG Huazhen LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for 2017; (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s named executive officer compensation; and (iv) approved, on an advisory basis, a frequency of every one year for the advisory vote to approve the Company’s named executive officer compensation.

 

Set forth below are the voting results for each of the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting:  

 

Proposal 1:

The election of three Class I director nominees to serve until the 2019 annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders:

 

Director Name

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

Peter A. Bassi

 

263,055,856

 

10,043,546

 

326,376

 

47,919,897

Ed Yiu-Cheong Chan

 

235,148,330

 

37,943,949

 

333,499

 

47,919,897

Edouard Ettedgui

 

262,954,265

 

10,125,516

 

345,997

 

47,919,897

 

 

Proposal 2:

The ratification of the appointment of KPMG Huazhen LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for 2017:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

318,788,270

 

2,031,052

 

526,353

 

0

 

 

Proposal 3:

An advisory vote to approve the Company’s named executive officer compensation:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

261,220,451

 

10,608,154

 

1,597,173

 

47,919,897

 

 

Proposal 4:

An advisory vote to approve the frequency of the advisory vote on the Company’s named executive officer compensation:

 

1 Year

 

2 Years

 

3 Years

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

252,438,382

 

983,448

 

19,451,398

 

552,550

 

47,919,897

 

Consistent with the voting results for Proposal 4, the Company decided to conduct future advisory votes on the Company’s named executive officer compensation once every year until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on the Company’s named executive officer compensation.

 

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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.

 

 

 

YUM CHINA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Shella Ng

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Shella Ng

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

Date: May 2, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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