Castle Brands Inc. (Form: 8-K)  

 


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):   March 5, 2014

Castle Brands Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Florida 001-32849 41-2103550
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
122 East 42nd Street, Suite 4700, New York, New York   10168
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (646) 356-0200

Not Applicable
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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.

Castle Brands Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), held its 2013 annual meeting of shareholders on March 5, 2014. A total of 118,033,101 shares of common stock and 10% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (on an as-converted basis) of the Company were present or represented at the meeting, constituting a quorum.

Listed below are the matters voted upon and the final results of such voting.

1. All of the nominees for director were elected, each to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, as follows:

                         
Name   For   Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
Mark E. Andrews, III
    95,203,059       1,196,664       21,633,378  
 
                       
John F. Beaudette
    95,281,077       1,118,646       21,633,378  
 
                       
Henry C. Beinstein
    95,301,216       1,098,507       21,633,378  
 
                       
Harvey P. Eisen
    95,271,650       1,128,073       21,633,378  
 
                       
Phillip Frost, M.D.
    95,184,479       1,215,244       21,633,378  
 
                       
Glenn L. Halpryn
    95,581,241       818,482       21,633,378  
 
                       
Richard J. Lampen
    95,210,686       1,189,037       21,633,378  
 
                       
Micaela Pallini, Ph.D.
    95,175,526       1,224,197       21,633,378  
 
                       
Steven D. Rubin
    95,184,729       1,214,994       21,633,378  
 
                       
Dennis Scholl
    95,078,386       1,321,337       21,633,378  
 
                       
Mark Zeitchick
    93,974,677       2,425,046       21,633,378  
 
                       
Sergio Zyman
    95,540,873       858,850       21,633,378  
 
                       

2. The amendment to our articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of our common stock from 225,000,000 shares to 300,000,000 shares was approved, as follows:

                         
For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
111,000,025
    6,668,637       364,439       0  
 
                       

3. The appointment of EisnerAmper LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2014 was ratified, as follows:

                         
For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
113,707,791
    2,766,073       1,559,237       0  
 
                       

4. The compensation of our named executive officers was approved, on an advisory basis, as follows:

                         
For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
94,899,955
    1,167,917       331,851       21,633,378  
 
                       

5. Our shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the holding of future advisory votes on say on pay every year, as follows:

                         
One Year   Two Years   Three Years   Abstain
94,272,983
    1,504,666       315,651       306,423  
 
                       

The Company’s Board of Directors has considered the outcome of this advisory vote and has determined that the Company will hold future advisory votes on say on pay every year until the Company’s Board of Directors otherwise determines that a different frequency for such advisory votes is in the best interest of the Company or until the next required vote on the frequency of say on pay votes.


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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.

         
    Castle Brands Inc.
          
March 11, 2014   By:   /s/ Alfred J. Small
       
        Name: Alfred J. Small
        Title: Senior Vice President,CFO, Treasurer and Secretary