UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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):

May 22, 2014

 

 

GNC HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware
(State of Incorporation)

 

001-35113
(Commission File Number)

 

20-8536244
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

300 Sixth Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(412) 288-4600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.07                                 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On May 22, 2014, GNC Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  The following proposals were considered and voted upon by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting: (1) the election of nine directors for one-year terms expiring in 2015; (2) ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as independent auditors for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2014; and (8) the approval, by non-binding vote, of the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers in 2013, as disclosed in the Company’s proxy materials for the Annual Meeting.

 

1.                                    The following individuals were elected to serve as directors of the Company.  Votes were cast as follows:

 

Nominee

 

For

 

Against

 

Withheld

 

Broker
Non-Votes

Jeffrey P. Berger

 

71,110,677

 

0

 

3,672,668

 

4,608,312

Alan D. Feldman

 

71,116,681

 

0

 

3,666,664

 

4,608,312

Joseph M. Fortunato

 

65,666,967

 

0

 

9,116,378

 

4,608,312

Michael F. Hines

 

71,188,443

 

0

 

3,594,902

 

4,608,312

Amy B Lane

 

71,191,085

 

0

 

3,592,260

 

4,608,312

Philip E. Mallott

 

71,187,216

 

0

 

3,596,129

 

4,608,312

Robert F. Moran

 

71,187,468

 

0

 

3,595,877

 

4,608,312

C. Scott O’Hara

 

71,114,639

 

0

 

3,668,706

 

4,608,312

Richard J. Wallace

 

71,119,704

 

0

 

3,663,641

 

4,608,312

 

 

 

2.                                    The appointment of PwC as the Company’s independent auditors for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 was ratified.  Votes were cast as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

75,780,494

 

3,436,773

 

174,390

 

 

 

3.                                    The 2013 compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers was approved by non-binding vote.  Votes were cast as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

69,298,230

 

4,494,119

 

990,996

 

4,608,312

 



 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

May 22, 2014

GNC HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gerald J. Stubenhofer, Jr.

 

 

 

Gerald J. Stubenhofer, Jr.

 

 

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer

 

 

 

and Secretary