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 30, 2013

 

THE CHILDREN’S PLACE RETAIL STORES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

0-23071 31-1241495
(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

500 Plaza Drive, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(201) 558-2400

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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

 

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of The Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) held on May 30, 2013, the Company’s stockholders elected each of the Company’s three nominees for Class I directors for a three-year term expiring in 2016, ratified the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 1, 2014, and did not approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Company’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting.

 

The final results of the voting were as follows:

 

    For   Against   Abstentions   Broker
Non-Votes		  
Election of Directors            
Jane Elfers   18,771,939    758,225    1,438    1,329,930 
Susan Patricia Griffith   19,112,783    417,344    1,475    1,329,930 
Louis Lipschitz   16,820,378    2,710,230    994    1,329,930 
                     
Ratification of the Appointment Of
Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm		   20,758,559    97,301    5,673    0 
                     
Compensation Paid to Named Executive Officers   3,384,620    16,139,531    7,451    1,329,930 

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 31, 2013

  THE CHILDREN’S PLACE RETAIL STORES, INC.  
       
       
  By: /s/ Jane Elfers  
  Name: Jane Elfers  
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer  

 

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