unf-8k_01102012.htm
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)
January 10, 2012


UNIFIRST CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Massachusetts
 
001-08504
 
04-2103460
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

68 Jonspin Road, Wilmington, Massachusetts 01887
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (978) 658-8888


Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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

At the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on January 10, 2012, the Company’s shareholders voted on and approved (1) the election of Kathleen M. Camilli and Michael Iandoli as Class I Directors, nominated by the Board of Directors, each to serve for a term of three years until the 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, (2) on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as more fully described in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 6, 2011 (the “Proxy Statement”), (3) on a non-binding, advisory basis, the holding of future non-binding, advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every three years, and (4) the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending August 25, 2012.  The votes cast by the holders of the Company’s Common Stock and Class B Common Stock on each of the foregoing proposals were as follows:

Proposal 1:  Election of two Class I Directors, nominated by the Board of Directors, each to serve for a term of three years until the 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.

 
Common Stock
 
Class B Common Stock
 
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
 
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Kathleen M. Camilli
 
13,433,455
240,584
449,025
 
47,328,240
0
0
Michael Iandoli
 
9,538,743
4,135,297
449,025
 
47,328,240
0
0


Proposal 2:  Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as more fully described in the Proxy Statement.

Common Stock
 
Class B Common Stock
   For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
 
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
13,555,789
98,004
20,245
449,025
 
47,328,240
0
0
0


Proposal 3:  Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the frequency of future non-binding, advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

Common Stock
 
Class B Common Stock
   1 Year
2 Years
3 Years
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
 
   1 Year
2 Years
3
Years
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
10,755,033
53,141
2,851,842
14,023
449,025
 
0
0
47,328,240
0
0

After taking into consideration the foregoing voting results and the prior recommendation of the Board of Directors in favor of holding a non-binding, advisory shareholder vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every three years, the Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, intends for the Company to hold future non-binding advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every three years.
 

Proposal 4:  Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending August 25, 2012.

Common Stock
 
Class B Common Stock
   For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
 
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
14,044,747
68,827
9,491
0
 
47,328,240
0
0
0
 
 
 

 


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.


        UNIFIRST CORPORATION


Date:  January 12, 2012
By:
/s/ Ronald D. Croatti
   
Ronald D. Croatti
   
Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer and President
     
 
By:
/s/ Steven S. Sintros
   
Steven S. Sintros
   
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer