Form 8-K

 

 

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

June 18, 2013

(Date of Report; Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

 

STEIN MART, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Florida   0-20052   64-0466198

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1200 Riverplace Blvd., Jacksonville, Florida 32207

(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)

(904) 346-1500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Stein Mart, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 18, 2013. The Company’s shareholders considered and voted upon the following two proposals:

 

(1) To elect the ten (10) director nominees to serve as directors of the Company for the ensuing year and until their successors have been elected and qualified. Voting results were:

 

Name of Director

   For      Withheld      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Ralph Alexander

     24,125,137         13,720,970         —     

Alvin R. Carpenter

     37,361,731         484,376         —     

Irwin Cohen

     32,464,763         5,381,344         —     

Susan Falk

     32,494,074         5,352,033         —     

Linda M. Farthing

     25,406,550         12,439,557         —     

Mitchell W. Legler

     33,155,639         4,690,468         —     

Richard L. Sisisky

     35,199,134         2,646,973         —     

Jay Stein

     37,146,357         699,750         —     

Martin E. Stein, Jr.

     37,365,019         481,088         —     

John H. Williams, Jr.

     37,400,418         445,689         —     

 

(2) To approve an advisory resolution on executive compensation for fiscal year 2012. Voting results were:

 

For

     37,732,728   

Against

     100,923   

Abstain

     12,456   

 

ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

On June 18, 2013, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per common share that is payable on July 19, 2013, to shareholders of record as of July 5, 2013. On June 18, 2013, a press release was issued announcing the dividend. Portions of the press release that is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report that refer to the cash dividend are incorporated into this Form 8-K under this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any disclosure document relating to the Company except to the extent, if any, expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1    Press Release dated June 18, 2013
99.2    Press Release dated June 19, 2013


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.

 

      STEIN MART, INC.
      (Registrant)
Date: June 19, 2013     By:  

/s/ D. Hunt Hawkins

     

D. Hunt Hawkins

      Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

99.1    Press Release dated June 18, 2013
99.2    Press Release dated June 19, 2013