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): December 16, 2010

 

UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-21531

 

05-0376157

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification
No.)

 

313 Iron Horse Way, Providence, RI 02908

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (401) 528-8634

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(e)           As noted in Item 5.07 below, at the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of United Natural Foods, Inc. (the “Company”), held on December 16, 2010, the Company’s stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of the United Natural Foods, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, the primary purpose of which was to add stock options as an award option under the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the “2004 Plan”).

 

A summary of the material terms of the 2004 Plan is set forth on pages 58 to 63 of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2010 (the “Proxy Statement”), and is incorporated herein by reference. That summary and the foregoing description of the 2004 Plan are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the 2004 Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

The Annual Meeting of the Company was held on December 16, 2010.  At the Annual Meeting, Gordon D. Barker, Mary Elizabeth Burton and Gail A. Graham were elected by the stockholders to serve as Class II directors to hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2013 and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

In addition, at the Annual Meeting, the stockholders ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 30, 2011, and approved the 2004 Plan, the primary purpose of which, as discussed above, was to add stock options as an award option under the 2004 Plan.

 

The final voting results for each of the foregoing proposals, which were described in more detail in the Proxy Statement, are set forth below.

 

(1)           Each director was elected by the following tabulation:

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Gordon D. Barker

 

37,519,622

 

3,217,053

 

64,448

 

2,994,838

 

Mary Elizabeth Burton

 

40,074,772

 

562,149

 

164,202

 

2,994,838

 

Gail A. Graham

 

38,746,308

 

1,991,892

 

62,923

 

2,994,838

 

 

(2)           The ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 30, 2011 was approved by the following tabulation:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

42,731,761

 

887,571

 

176,629

 

 

 

(3)           The 2004 Plan was approved by the following tabulation:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-votes

 

37,085,181

 

3,366,182

 

349,760

 

2,994,838

 

 

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Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                   Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

 

 

 

10.1

 

United Natural Foods, Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan

 

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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.

 

 

UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark E. Shamber

 

Name:

Mark E. Shamber

 

Title:

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial

 

 

Officer and Treasurer

 

 

Date:       December 21, 2010

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

 

 

 

10.1

 

United Natural Foods, Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan

 

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