SpartanNash Company (NASDAQ:SPTN) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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SpartanNash Company (NASDAQ:SPTN) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company held its annual meeting of shareholders on May 23, 2018. At that meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on the matters set forth below:

1.

All of the nominees for election to the Board of Directors were elected, each for a term of office expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2019, by the following vote:

Votes Cast

For

Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

M. Shân Atkins

29,765,763

669,412

2,757,721

Dennis Eidson

29,774,040

661,135

2,757,721

Frank M. Gambino

29,763,195

671,980

2,757,721

Douglas A. Hacker

30,155,599

279,576

2,757,721

Yvonne R. Jackson

30,083,082

352,093

2,757,721

Matthew Mannelly

30,238,311

196,864

2,757,721

Elizabeth A. Nickels

29,777,434

657,741

2,757,721

Hawthorne L. Proctor

30,228,941

206,234

2,757,721

David M. Staples

30,224,442

210,733

2,757,721

Gregg A. Tanner

30,234,753

200,422

2,757,721

William R. Voss

30,211,075

224,100

2,757,721

2.

Shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement, by the following vote:

Votes for

28,564,578

Votes against

1,851,855

Abstentions

18,742

BrokerNon-Votes

2,757,721

3.

Shareholders approved a proposal to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the current fiscal year ending December 29, 2018 by the following vote:

Votes for

32,588,808

Votes against

594,327

Abstentions

9,761

BrokerNon-Votes

Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 24, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing that Doug Hacker has been elected Lead Independent Director of the Board of Directors. The press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated here by reference.

The Company also issued a press release announcing the results of voting at the annual meeting. The press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated here by reference.

The information reported in this Item 7.01 (including the press releases) is furnished to and not "filed" with the Commission for the purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and it shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits: The following document is attached as an exhibit to this report on Form 8-K:


SpartanNash Co Exhibit
EX-99.1 2 sptn-ex991_6.htm EX-99.1 sptn-ex991_6.htm Exhibit 99.1 For Immediate Release   SpartanNash Company Names Lead Independent Director   GRAND RAPIDS,…
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About SpartanNash Company (NASDAQ:SPTN)

Spartannash Company, formerly Spartan Stores, Inc., is a multi-regional grocery distributor and grocery retailer, and a distributor of grocery products to military commissaries in the United States. The Company’s core businesses include distributing food to military commissaries and exchanges, and independent and corporate-owned retail stores located in over 40 states and the District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Bahrain, Egypt, Honduras, Afghanistan and Bosnia. It operates through three segments: Military, which sells and distributes grocery products to military commissaries and exchanges in the United States and overseas; Food Distribution, which uses a multi-platform sales approach to distribute groceries to independent retail locations and corporate-owned retail stores, and Retail, which operates retail supermarkets. The products it distributes are delivered to over 170 military commissaries and over 440 exchanges located in over 40 states across the United States.