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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 26, 2016
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VERA BRADLEY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Indiana
 
001-34918
 
27-2935063
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
12420 Stonebridge Road,
Roanoke, Indiana
 
46783
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
(877) 708-8372
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
None
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Company’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on May 26, 2016. At the meeting, the Company’s shareholders:
 
 
(1)
elected Barbara Bradley Baekgaard, Richard Baum, Patricia R. Miller, and Frances P. Philip to serve as Class III directors of the Company’s board of directors; and
 
(2)
ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 28, 2017.
Set forth below, with respect to each such matter, are the number of votes cast for or against, the number of abstentions, and the number of broker non-votes.
 
 
(1)
Election of Directors
Nominee
 
For
 
Withhold
 
Broker Non-Votes
Barbara Bradley Baekgaard
 
32,480,821
 
1,138,704
 
1,865,296
Richard Baum
 
32,362,336
 
1,257,189
 
1,865,296
Patricia R. Miller
 
31,787,779
 
1,831,746
 
1,865,296
Frances P. Philip
 
26,233,835
 
7,385,690
 
1,865,296
 
(2)
Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
For
 
Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
35,460,401
 
22,236
 
2,184
 
1,865,296

 





SIGNATURE
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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vera Bradley, Inc.
 
 
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
Date: June 1, 2016
 
 
 
/s/ Sheryl Miller
 
 
 
 
Sheryl Miller
Vice President – Corporate Controller