Form 8-K

 

 

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): September 9, 2011 (September 9, 2011)

 

 

BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-13143   04-3360747

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

25 Research Drive, Westborough,

Massachusetts

  01581
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (774) 512-7400

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 September 9, 2011, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. (the “Company”) held a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “2011 Special Meeting”). At the 2011 Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following matters and the final results of the voting were as follows:

 

  1. The adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 28, 2011, as it may be amended from time to time, by and among BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc., Beacon Holding Inc. and Beacon Merger Sub Inc. (the “Merger Agreement”) was approved.

 

For:

     39,748,100   

Against:

     221,006   

Abstain:

     8,345   

 

  2. A non-binding advisory proposal on the golden parachute compensation that may be payable to the Company’s named executive officers was approved.

 

For:

     35,182,902   

Against:

     4,076,363   

Abstain:

     718,186   

 

  3. A proposal for one or more adjournments of the 2011 Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies to approve the proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement was approved.

 

For:

     36,528,593   

Against:

     3,268,865   

Abstain:

     179,993   


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.

 

Date: September 9, 2011     BJ’S WHOLESALE CLUB, INC.
    By:  

/s/ Lon F. Povich

     

Lon F. Povich

Executive Vice President and General Counsel