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):      April 30, 2019

 

 

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-35373   90-0712224
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
         
         

14800 Landmark Boulevard, Suite 500, Dallas, Texas

  75254
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (972) 702-9300

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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. ¨

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 $.01 per share   FRGI   The NASDAQ Global Select Market

 

 

 

  

 

 

ITEM 5.02. DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

 

On April 30, 2019, at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”) of Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. (the “Company”), Barry Alperin retired from the Company’s board of directors upon completion of his term at the Meeting.

 

ITEM 5.07. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

 

On April 30, 2019, the Company held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 

At the Meeting, stockholders voted (i) to elect eight (8) directors of the Company to hold office in accordance with the By-laws of the Company until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors shall have been elected and qualified; (ii) to adopt, on an advisory basis, a resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers, as described in the Proxy Statement under “Executive Compensation” and (iii) to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2019 fiscal year. The final results of voting on the matters submitted to the stockholders are as follows:

 

Proposal 1. Election of Eight (8) directors of the Company:

 

Name  For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Vote 
Stacey Rauch   19, 227,678    423,833    16,990    5,195,226 
Nicholas Daraviras   19,528,399    123,112    16,990    5,195,226 
Stephen Elker   19,528,966    122,545    16,990    5,195,226 
Brian Friedman   16,945,085    2,709,226    14,190    5,195,226 
Nicholas Shepherd   19,570,495    83,874    14,132    5,195,226 
Richard Stockinger   19,496,919    157,553    14,029    5,195,226 
Paul Twohig   19,573,775    80,561    14,165    5,195,226 
Sherrill Kaplan   19,598,321    53,248    16,932    5,195,226 

 

Proposal 2. Adoption, on an advisory basis, of a resolution approving the compensation of the Named Executive Officers as described in the Proxy Statement under “Executive Compensation”:

 

 For    Against    Abstain    Broker Non-Vote 
 19,454,107    189,917    24,477    5,195,226 

  

Proposal 3. Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2019 fiscal year:

 

For   Against   Abstain 
 24,746,404    55,259    62,064 

 

 

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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.

  

  FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
   
Date: May 3, 2019 By:  /s/ Louis DiPietro
 

Name:

 

Louis DiPietro
SVP, General Counsel

 

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