UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): June 10, 2019

CHEROKEE INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

    

0‑18640

    

95‑4182437

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

 

(Commission

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification Number)

 

5990 Sepulveda Boulevard

Sherman Oaks, California 91411

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(818) 908‑9868

(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 ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.02 per share

 

CHKE

 

The Nasdaq Capital Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b‑2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b‑2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 


 

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

On June 10, 2019, we held our 2019 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of April 11, 2019, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 15,945,953 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote on the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting. A total of 13,817,015 shares of our common stock, which constituted a quorum, were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting. Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to our stockholders for approval at the Annual Meeting.

Proposal 1 .  Our stockholders elected the following five directors to our Board of Directors, each to serve as such until our annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2020 and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until an earlier resignation or removal. The results of the voting on Proposal 1 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Evan Hengel

 

9,298,320

 

62,581

 

4,456,114

 

Dwight B. Mamanteo

 

9,297,921

 

62,980

 

4,456,114

 

Jess Ravich

 

9,059,165

 

301,736

 

4,456,114

 

Patti Johnson

 

9,302,545

 

58,356

 

4,456,114

 

Henry Stupp

 

9,140,637

 

220,264

 

4,456,114

 

 

Proposal 2 .  Our stockholders approved the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending February 1, 2020. The results of the voting on Proposal 2 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Abstained

 

Broker Non-Votes

13,651,006

  

154,888

  

11,120

  

 

Proposal 3 .  Our stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, our executive compensation, as disclosed in our definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting in accordance with the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC. The results of the voting on Proposal 3 were as follows:

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Abstained

 

Broker Non-Votes

9,055,247

  

301,287

  

4,367

  

4,456,114

 

Proposal 4 .  Our stockholders approved an amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of our common stock from 20,000,000 to 30,000,000 shares. The results of the voting on Proposal 4 were as follows:

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Abstained

 

Broker Non-Votes

13,275,372

  

519,039

  

22,604

  

 

Proposal 5 .  Our stockholders approved an amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect, if and when and at such ratio as may be determined by our Board of Directors, a reverse split of our authorized common stock and issued and outstanding common stock at any time on or before December 31, 2019 at a ratio between one-for-two and one-for-ten. The results of the voting on Proposal 5 were as follows:

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Abstained

 

Broker Non-Votes

13,354,997

  

437,303

  

24,715

  

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Proposal 6 .  Our stockholders approved an amendment to and restatement of our Amended and Restated 2013 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the aggregate number of shares available thereunder by 600,000 shares. The results of the voting on Proposal 6 were as follows:

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Abstained

 

Broker Non-Votes

9,194,499

  

157,796

  

8,606

  

4,456,114

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

CHEROKEE INC.

 

 

 

 

June 11, 2019

By:

/s/ Steven L. Brink

 

 

Steven L. Brink

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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