unf20160113_8k.htm

 

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)

January 12, 2016

 

 

UNIFIRST CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Massachusetts

 

001-08504

 

04-2103460

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

68 Jonspin Road, Wilmington, Massachusetts 01887

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (978) 658-8888

 

 

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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(17 CFR 230.425)

   

[  ]

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[  ]

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(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 
 

 

 

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of UniFirst Corporation (the “Company”) held on January 12, 2016, the Company’s shareholders voted on and approved (1) the election of Phillip L. Cohen and Cynthia Croatti as Class III Directors, each to serve for a term of three years until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified and (2) the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending August 27, 2016. The votes cast by the holders of the Company’s Common Stock and Class B Common Stock on each of the foregoing proposals were as follows:

 

Proposal 1: Election of two Class III Directors, nominated by the Board of Directors, each to serve for a term of three years until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

 

Common Stock

 

Class B Common Stock

 

For

Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

 

For

Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Phillip L. Cohen

13,554,988

80,666

693,889

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

Cynthia Croatti

13,327,894

307,760

693,889

 

45,900,660

0

0

 

 

Proposal 2: Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending August 27, 2016.

 

Common Stock

 

Class B Common Stock

   For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

 

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

14,268,419

52,951

8,173

0

 

45,900,660

0

0

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

  

 

UNIFIRST CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: January 14, 2016

By:

/s/ Ronald D. Croatti

 

 

 

Ronald D. Croatti

 

   

Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer and President

 
       
  By: /s/ Steven S. Sintros  
    Steven S. Sintros  
    Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer