Form 6-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE

13a-16 or 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of September, 2016

Commission file number: 001-32635

 

 

BIRKS GROUP INC.

(formerly Birks & Mayors Inc.)

 

 

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

1240 Phillips Square

Montreal Québec

Canada

H3B 3H4

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

x  Form 20-F                 ¨  Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ¨

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  ¨

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

 

 

 


1. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

On September 21, 2016, the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of Birks Group Inc. (the “Company”) was held in Montreal, Quebec. The shareholders of record at the close of business on August 12, 2016 (the “Record Date”) were entitled to vote at the Meeting. As of the Record Date, the Company had 10,242,911 Class A voting shares outstanding (which entitle the holder to one vote per share), 7,717,970 Class B multiple voting shares outstanding (which entitle the holder to 10 votes per share) and no preferred shares outstanding.

The shareholders of the Company elected as directors, Dr. Lorenzo Rossi di Montelera, Jean-Christophe Bédos, Davide Barberis Canonico, Emily Berlin, Shirley A. Dawe, Frank Di Tomaso, Louis L. Roquet and Niccolò Rossi di Montelera, to hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders of the Company or until their successors are elected or appointed. The election of directors by the shareholders was by the following votes:

 

Name

   Votes For      Votes Withheld      Non-Votes  

Dr. Lorenzo Rossi di Montelera

     83,160,506         31,358         1,354,378   

Jean-Christophe Bédos

     83,160,433         31,431         1,354,378   

Davide Barberis Canonico

     83,160,433         31,431         1,354,378   

Emily Berlin

     83,163,636         28,228         1,354,378   

Shirley A. Dawe

     83,163,636         28,228         1,354,378   

Frank Di Tomaso

     83,163,563         28,301         1,354,378   

Louis L. Roquet

     83,163,563         28,301         1,354,378   

Niccolò Rossi di Montelera

     83,160,433         31,431         1,354,378   

The shareholders approved the Company’s Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan by a vote of 83,159,891 shares in favor, 30,626 shares against, 1,347 shares abstaining and 1,354,378 shares non-voting.

The shareholders authorized the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditors and authorized the directors to fix KPMG LLP’s remuneration by a vote of 84,479,445 shares in favor, 47,083 shares against, 19,714 shares abstaining and 0 shares non-voting.

 

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

    BIRKS GROUP INC.
    (Registrant)
    By:   /s/ Miranda Melfi
      Miranda Melfi
Date: September 23, 2016       Vice President, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary

 

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