Edgar Filing: PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC.

PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC.

Date: September 11, 2014

/s/ R. Stephen Armstrong

R. Stephen Armstrong

Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal

Accounting Officer)

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

September 8, 2014

(Date of report)

PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Minnesota

0-20572

41-0886515

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1031 Mendota Heights Road

St. Paul, Minnesota 55120

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

(651) 686-1600

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

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:

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On September 8, 2014, the Company held its annual meeting of shareholders. Set forth below for each matter voted upon, are the number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as the number of any abstentions and broker non-votes as to each such matter.

1. Election of Directors.

The following individuals were each elected as a director to serve a one-year term expiring at the annual meeting in 2015:


					Broker
	For		Withhold		Non-Vote
John D. Buck		84,528,302		618,474		8,879,069
Jody H. Feragen		84,884,045		262,731		8,879,069
Sarena S. Lin		84,880,827		265,949		8,879,069
Neil A. Schrimsher		84,971,269		175,507		8,879,069
Les C. Vinney		84,982,517		164,259		8,879,069

2. Approval of our 2014 Sharesave Plan.


			Broker
For	Against	Abstain	Non-Vote
84,673,837	370,721	102,218	8,879,069

3. An advisory (non-binding) resolution to approve the executive compensation.


			Broker
For	Against	Abstain	Non-Vote
81,440,074	1,635,177	2,071,525	8,879,069

4. Ratification of the Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

The selection of Ernst & Young as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 25, 2015, was ratified based upon the following votes:


For	Against	Abstain
92,546,840	1,419,549	59,456

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.