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Executive Change · Shareholder Vote
Filed May 12, 2017 · 9y ago · Accession 0001144204-17-026898
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View original ↗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): May
9, 2017
WEYCO GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Wisconsin
0-9068
39-0702200
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
333 W. Estabrook Blvd.
P. O. Box 1188
Milwaukee, WI
53201
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code: (414) 908-1600
(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report.)
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Weyco Group, Inc. 2017 Incentive Plan
At the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
of Weyco Group, Inc. (the “Company”), held on May 9, 2017 (the “2017 Annual Meeting”), the Company’s
shareholders approved the Weyco Group, Inc. 2017 Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”). The 2017 Plan is a stock and cash-based
incentive plan, and includes provisions by which the Company may grant executive officers, employees, and directors stock options,
restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares, and cash incentive awards, as described in the Company’s Definitive
Proxy Statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting (the “Proxy Statement”).
The full text of the 2017 Plan was included
as Appendix A to the Proxy Statement, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2017, and is incorporated
herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
There were 10,467,985
outstanding shares eligible to vote as of March 20, 2017, the record date for the 2017 Annual Meeting. At the meeting, the following
actions were taken:
(i) The
shareholders elected two directors to the Company’s Board of Directors for terms expiring at the Annual Meeting in the year
2020. The directors elected, as well as the number of votes cast for, votes withheld and broker non-votes for each individual are
set forth below:
Nominee
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Thomas W. Florsheim, Jr.
9,174,326
33,430
735,897
Robert Feitler
8,680,552
527,204
735,897
The terms of the other directors of the
Company continue until the Annual Meeting in the years set forth below:
Director
Term
Director
Term
Tina Chang
2019
John W. Florsheim
2018
Thomas W. Florsheim
2019
Frederick P. Stratton, Jr.
2018
Cory L. Nettles
2018
(ii) The
shareholders approved a proposal to ratify the Audit Committee’s appointment of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP as the Company’s
independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017, with the following votes:
Amount
Votes for approval:
9,848,843
Votes against:
9,738
Abstentions:
85,072
Broker Non-Votes:
-
(iii) The
Weyco Group, Inc. 2017 Incentive Plan was approved by the shareholders with the following votes:
Amount
Votes for approval:
7,485,636
Votes against:
1,637,079
Abstentions:
85,040
Broker Non-Votes:
735,898
(iv) The
compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved by shareholders in an advisory vote, with the following
votes:
Amount
Votes for approval:
8,188,932
Votes against:
929,751
Abstentions:
89,072
Broker Non-Votes:
735,898
(v) In
an advisory vote, as to the frequency of the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers,
the shareholders voted as follows:
Amount
Votes for three-year frequency:
6,250,492
Votes for two-year frequency:
82,123
Votes for one-year frequency:
1,854,172
Abstentions:
1,020,967
Broker Non-Votes:
735,899
The Company’s Board of Directors
considered the results of the advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation and determined
that it would hold future votes on executive compensation every three years until the next shareholder vote on the frequency of
these votes.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
10.1 Weyco Group, Inc. 2017 Incentive Plan (incorporated
by reference to Appendix A of the Weyco Group, Inc. Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2017).
* * * * *
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: May 12, 2017
WEYCO GROUP, INC.
/s/ John Wittkowske
John Wittkowske
Senior Vice President/CFO
Filing details
- Company
- WEYCO GROUP INC
- Ticker
- WEYS
- CIK
- 106532
- Form type
- 8-K
- Filing date
- May 12, 2017
- Report date
- May 9, 2017
- Document
- v466959_8-k.htm
- Size
- 33 KB