Signet Jewelers : Signet Announces Results of Annual General Meeting
June 17, 2014 at 11:42 am EDT
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Signet Jewelers Limited
13 June 2014
SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED
RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Signet Jewelers Limited (the "Company") announces that all resolutions put to the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 13 June 2014 were duly passed. The total number of votes received for each resolution was as follows:
RESOLUTION
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAIN
BROKER NON-VOTE
Proposal to elect Mr. H. Todd Stitzer as a Director.
63,513,820
37,934
792,579
2,355,697
Proposal to elect Ms. Virginia Drosos as a Director.
63,432,572
119,889
791,872
2,355,697
Proposal to elect Mr. Dale W. Hilpert as a Director.
63,511,373
39,404
793,556
2,355,697
Proposal to elect Ms. Marianne Miller Parrs as a Director.
63,514,849
36,232
793,252
2,355,697
Proposal to elect Mr. Thomas G. Plaskett as a Director.
63,431,952
119,002
793,379
2,355,697
Proposal to elect Mr. Russell Walls as a Director.
63,433,945
116,657
793,731
2,355,697
Proposal to elect Ms. Helen McCluskey as a Director.
63,517,179
34,894
792,260
2,355,697
Proposal to elect Mr. Robert Stack as a Director.
63,454,193
96,991
793,149
2,355,697
Proposal to elect Ms. Eugenia Ulasewicz as a Director.
63,456,691
94,223
793,419
2,355,697
Proposal to elect Mr. Michael W. Barnes as a Director.
63,516,135
37,793
790,405
2,355,697
Proposal 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.
65,728,335
206,441
765,254
0
Proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement.
62,411,357
946,404
986,572
2,355,697
Proposal to re-approve the material terms of the performance goals under the Signet Jewelers Limited Omnibus Incentive Plan 2009, as described in the Proxy Statement.
62,854,621
721,117
768,595
2,355,697
Proposal to approve the amendments to the Signet Jewelers Limited Bye-laws as detailed in the Proxy Statement.
63,553,563
16,797
773,973
2,355,697
Copies of the following documents will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and available for inspection atwww.hemscott.com/nsm.do:
1. Resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business; and
Signet Jewelers Ltd is a Bermuda-based holding company. The Company is a retailer of diamond jewelry. Its segments include North America, International and Other. The North America segment operates across the United States and Canada. Its United States stores operate nationally in malls and off-mall locations, as well as online, principally as Kay (Kay Jewelers and Kay Outlet), Zales (Zales Jewelers and Zales Outlet), Jared (Jared The Galleria Of Jewelry and Jared Vault), Diamonds Direct, Banter by Piercing Pagoda, Rocksbox, and digital banners, James Allen and Blue Nile. Its Canadian stores operate as Peoples Jewellers. The International segment operates stores in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and Channel Islands, as well as online. Its stores operate in shopping malls and off-mall locations principally under the H. Samuel and Ernest Jones banners. Other segment consists of subsidiaries involved in the purchasing and conversion of rough diamonds to polished stones.