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 14, 2013

 

 

SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Bermuda		Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Clarendon House

2 Church Street

Hamilton HM11

Bermuda

(441) 296 5872

(Address and telephone number including area code of principal executive offices)

 

 

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.

(a) The Annual General Meeting of Signet Jewelers Limited (the “Company”) was held on June 14, 2013 (the “AGM”).

(b) The following matters were voted upon at the AGM and the results of the voting were as follows:

Proposal One:

To elect seven directors to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or until their respective successors are elected in accordance with the Bye-laws of the Company.

 

Nominees		Votes For				Votes Against				Abstentions				Broker Non-Votes
Mr. Dale W. Hilpert			62,489,016				40,476				72,390				2,681,897
Mr. H. Todd Stitzer			62,491,384				38,391				72,390				2,681,897
Ms. Marianne Parrs			62,495,657				34,317				72,390				2,681,897
Mr. Michael Barnes			62,491,661				38,065				72,390				2,681,897
Mr. Russell Walls			62,287,515				242,343				72,390				2,681,897
Mr. Thomas G. Plaskett			62,489,195				40,346				72,390				2,681,897
Ms. Virginia Drosos			62,495,141				34,858				72,390				2,681,897

Proposal Two:

To appoint KPMG LLP as independent auditor of the Company, to hold office from the conclusion of this Meeting until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company and to authorize the Audit Committee to determine its compensation.

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions
65,009,067		211,202		62,740

Proposal Three:

To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (the “Say on Pay” vote).

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-votes
61,415,037		1,104,726		72,754		2,681,897

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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.

 

 

Date: June 17, 2013