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 28, 2011 |
Herbalife Ltd. |
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
Cayman Islands |
1-32381 |
98-0377871 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
P.O. Box 309GT, Ugland House, South Church Street, |
KY1-1106 |
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: |
c/o (213) 745-0500 |
Not Applicable | ||
Former name or former address, if changed since last report |
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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) At the annual general meeting of shareholders (the "AGM") of Herbalife Ltd. (the "Company") held on April 28, 2011, the shareholders approved an amendment (the "Amendment") to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") to increase the authorized number of Common Shares issuable thereunder by 3,200,000 and to and to revise the share counting formula under the Plan to provide that, from and after the AGM, each Common Share issued under a full value award will be counted as 2.6 Common Shares. A description of the material terms of the Plan and the Amendment was included in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2011 (the "Proxy Statement").
The above description of the Amendment is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the specific language in the Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the AGM, the following items were voted upon:
(1) Election of Directors
Nominee | For | Withheld | |||
Michael O. Johnson | 48,228,461 | 1,227,556 | |||
John Tartol | 48,710,103 | 745,914 | |||
Carole Black | 49,272,752 | 183,265 | |||
Michael Levitt | 49,114,721 | 341,296 |
There were 13,591,580 broker non-votes in the election of directors.
(2) Approve an amendment to the Plan to increase the authorized number of Common Shares issuable thereunder by 3,200,000 and to and to revise the share counting formula under the Plan to provide that, from and after the AGM, each Common Share issued under a full value award will be counted as 2.6 Common Shares.
For | Against | Abstain | ||
32,700,905 | 16,747,394 | 7,718 |
There were 3,397,895 broker non-votes on the proposal.
(3) Effect a two-for-one stock split of the Company’s Common Shares
For | Against | Abstain | ||
52,366,493 | 471,232 | 16,187 |
There were no broker non-votes on the proposal.
(4) Advise as to the Company’s Executive Compensation
For | Against | Abstain | ||
47,616,494 | 1,799,549 | 39,974 |
There were 3,397,895 broker non-votes on the proposal.
(5) Advise as to the frequency of shareholder advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation:
1 Year | 2 Year | 3 Year | Abstain | |||
46,200,647 | 169,120 | 2,977,779 | 0 |
There were no broker non-votes on the proposal.
(6) Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for fiscal 2011.
For | Against | Abstain | ||
52,310,749 | 495,027 | 48,136 |
There were 0 broker non-votes on the proposal.
(7) Re-approve the performance goals under the Herbalife Ltd. Executive Incentive Plan for compliance with Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.
For | Against | Abstain | ||
48,187,075 | 1,251,321 | 17,621 |
There were 3,397,895 broker non-votes on the proposal.
Based on the Board of Director’s recommendation in the Proxy Statement and the voting results, the Company has determined to hold an advisory vote on executive compensation annually.
The above description of the results of the AGM is qualified in its entirety by reference to the press release issued by Herbalife Ltd. on April 28, 2011, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On February 22, 2011, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a two-for-one stock split of the Company’s Common Shares, subject to shareholder approval. The stock split was approved by the Company’s shareholders at the AGM. As a result, the stock split will be effected by the subdivision of each outstanding Common Share, par value of $0.002, into two Common Shares, par value of $0.001, and a proportional adjustment to the Company’s authorized share capital. The Board of Directors established May 10, 2011, as the record date for the stock split. Each shareholder of record as of the close of business on the record date will receive one additional Common Share for every share held. The new shares will be distributed on or about May 17, 2011.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
99.1 Amendment to Herbalife Ltd. Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
99.2 Press Release issued by Herbalife Ltd. on April 28, 2011
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.
Herbalife Ltd. |
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April 29, 2011 |
By: |
/s/ Brett R. Chapman |
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Name: |
Brett R. Chapman |
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Title: |
General Counsel |
Exhibit Index
Exhibit No. |
Description |
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99.1 | Amendment to Herbalife Ltd. Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Incentive Plan | |
99.2 | Press Release Issued by Herbalife Ltd. on April 28, 2011 |