INGLES MARKETS INC

Regulatory Filings • Feb 21, 2017

8-K 1 a51512883.htm INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED 8-K Copyright 2017 Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company. All rights reserved www.businesswire.com

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) February 21, 2017

INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

North Carolina	0-14706	56-0846267
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

P.O. Box 6676, Asheville, NC	28816
(Address
of principal executive offices)	(Zip
Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (828) 669-2941

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:

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

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Ingles Markets, Incorporated was held Tuesday, February 14, 2017. At this meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following proposals:

1. Elect eight members of the Board of Directors by holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock to serve until the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:

Name	Common Stock	Votes For	Votes Against/ Withheld
Ernest E. Ferguson	Class A	10,760,633	469,117
Brenda S. Tudor	Class A	10,776,425	453,325
Fred D. Ayers	Class B	5,760,567	0
L. Keith Collins	Class B	5,760,567	0
Ronald B. Freeman	Class B	5,760,567	0
Robert P. Ingle, II	Class B	5,760,567	0
James W. Lanning	Class B	5,760,567	0
Laura Ingle Sharp	Class B	5,760,567	0

1. Consider and vote on a non-binding approval of the Company’s compensation for named executive officers:

	Class A & B *
For	68,666,260
Against	93,456
Abstain	75,704

1. To recommend, by non-binding vote, the frequency of executive compensation votes:

	Class A & B *
1 Year	7,519,304
2 Years	86,260
3 Years	61,207,546
Abstain	22,310

1. Consider and vote on a stockholder proposal concerning assigning one vote per share:

	Class A & B *
For	8,502,177
Against	60,305,058
Abstain	28,185

* Holders of Class A Common Stock have one vote per share and the holders of Class B Common Stock have ten votes per share.

SIGNATURES

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.

		INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED
		(Registrant)
Date:	February 21, 2017
	By:	/s/ Ronald B. Freeman
		Ronald B. Freeman
		Chief Financial Officer