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  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:15pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">FORM </span><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"><ix:nonNumeric id="F_cb919bd5-f2b1-4c85-b084-7e291337ee25" contextRef="C_6220ac8d-a883-4a41-93b1-a87009ece26f" name="dei:DocumentType"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:15pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">8-K</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">CURRENT REPORT</span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)</span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"><ix:nonNumeric id="F_45ecb90a-1aa5-4572-8c48-49125071ddec" contextRef="C_6220ac8d-a883-4a41-93b1-a87009ece26f" name="dei:DocumentPeriodEndDate" format="ixt:date-monthname-day-year-en"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">May 22, 2024</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></p>
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  <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="text-indent:6.667%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">The proposals are described in more detail in the Company&#8217;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2024. The final voting results with respect to each proposal are set forth below.</span></p>
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    <td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:7pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:italic;min-width:fit-content;">Abstained</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:7pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:italic;min-width:fit-content;">Broker Non-Votes</span></p></td>
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  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">3. Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers</span></p>
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    <td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:7pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:italic;min-width:fit-content;">Against</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:7pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:italic;min-width:fit-content;">Abstained</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:7pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:italic;min-width:fit-content;">Broker Non-Votes</span></p></td>
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    <td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:9pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">838,707</span></p></td>
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  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">4. Approval of Amendment to the Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation Providing for Officer Exculpation Under Delaware Law</span></p>
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    <td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:7pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:italic;min-width:fit-content;">For</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:7pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:italic;min-width:fit-content;">Against</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:7pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:italic;min-width:fit-content;">Abstained</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:7pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:italic;min-width:fit-content;">Broker Non-Votes</span></p></td>
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    <td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:9pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">53,411,913</span></p></td>
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  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">5. Approval of Amendment to the Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Declassify the Board of Directors</span></p>
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    <td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:7pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:italic;min-width:fit-content;">For</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:7pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:italic;min-width:fit-content;">Against</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:7pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:italic;min-width:fit-content;">Abstained</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:7pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:italic;min-width:fit-content;">Broker Non-Votes</span></p></td>
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    <td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:9pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">60,151,230</span></p></td>
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    <td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:9pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">838,707</span></p></td>
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  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">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.</span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p>
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8-K
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):
May 22, 2024
BURLINGTON STORES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified In Charter)
Delaware
001-36107
80-0895227
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
2006 Route 130 North
Burlington
,
New Jersey
08016
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
(
609
)
387-7800
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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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 $0.0001 per share
BURL
New York Stock Exchange
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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Burlington Stores, Inc. (the "Company") held its annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") on May 22, 2024. A total of 61,004,741 shares of the Company's common stock, representing 95.5% of the shares outstanding and eligible to vote and constituting a quorum, were voted at the Annual Meeting. The Company's stockholders voted on the following proposals at the Annual Meeting:
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the election of four directors of the Company to serve for a term of three years;
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the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered certified public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 1, 2025;
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an advisory vote regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers;
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approval of an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation providing for officer exculpation under Delaware law; and
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approval of an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to declassify the Board of Directors.
The proposals are described in more detail in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2024. The final voting results with respect to each proposal are set forth below.
1. Election of Directors
Name
For
Against
Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
Michael Goodwin
60,035,772
112,263
17,999
838,707
William McNamara
58,775,485
1,344,127
46,422
838,707
Michael O'Sullivan
59,996,442
151,653
17,939
838,707
Jessica Rodriguez
59,435,857
710,082
20,095
838,707
2. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm
For
Against
Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
59,172,164
1,814,324
18,253
N/A
3. Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers
For
Against
Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
49,816,645
10,326,325
23,064
838,707
4. Approval of Amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation Providing for Officer Exculpation Under Delaware Law
For
Against
Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
53,411,913
6,715,590
38,531
838,707
5. Approval of Amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Declassify the Board of Directors
For
Against
Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
60,151,230
8,936
5,868
838,707
SIGNATURE
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.
BURLINGTON STORES, INC.
/s/ David Glick
David Glick
Group Senior Vice President of Investor Relations and Treasurer
Date: May 28, 2024