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)  April 19, 2012

 

GNC HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (412) 288-4600

 

N/A

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

 

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

 

On April 19, 2012, GNC Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  The following proposals were considered and voted upon by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting:  (1) the election of four Class I directors of the Company for terms expiring in 2015; (2) the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2012; (3) an advisory vote to approve the 2011 compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, commonly known as the “say-on-pay” proposal; and (4) an advisory vote to approve the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation, commonly known as the “say-on-frequency” proposal.  The tables below represent the final voting results for each matter described above.

 

1.                                       The following individuals were elected to serve as Class I directors of the Company.  Votes were cast as follows:

 

Nominee		For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
Andrew Claerhout		59,267,590		0		34,368,484		3,871,469
David B. Kaplan		60,461,737		0		33,174,337		3,871,469
Amy B. Lane		84,839,387		0		8,796,687		3,871,469
Richard J. Wallace		92,349,273		0		1,286,801		3,871,469

 

2                                          The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 was ratified.  Votes were cast as follows:

 

For		Against		Abstain
99,474,413		88,413		4,895

 

3.                                       The 2011 compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers was approved by non-binding vote.  Votes were cast as follows:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
94,992,371		664,451		39,430		3,871,469

 

4.                                       One year was approved, by non-binding vote, as the frequency of future say-on-pay votes.  Votes were cast as follows:

 

1 Year		2 Years		3 Years		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
92,024,586		75,959		3,586,558		9,149		3,871,469

 

Based on the results of the advisory vote on the frequency of future say-on-pay votes, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that the Company will hold future say-on-pay votes annually.  The Board will reevaluate this determination after the next stockholder advisory vote on the frequency of say-on-pay votes, which will occur no later than the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2018.

 

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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.

 

Dated: April 20, 2012
	GNC HOLDINGS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Gerald J. Stubenhofer, Jr.
		Gerald J. Stubenhofer, Jr.
		Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

 

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