bassett_8k-041912.htm
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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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 18, 2012
 
 
BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
VIRGINIA
0-209
54-0135270
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
3525 FAIRYSTONE PARK HIGHWAY
BASSETT, VIRGINIA
24055
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 276/629-6000
  
 
(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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
The Company’s 2012 annual meeting of shareholders was held on April 18, 2012.  As of the record date for the meeting, the Company had 11,266,439 of common stock outstanding, each of which is entitled to one vote.  According to the final voting results, all director nominees were elected.
 
The voting tabulation was as follows:
 
Nominee
  
Votes For
  
Votes Withheld
  
Votes Abstain
  
Broker Non-Vote
Peter W. Brown, M.D.
  
5,924,221
  
772,123
  
-
  
2,223,552
Kristina Cashman
  
5,917,887
  
778,457
  
-
  
2,223,552
Paul Fulton
  
5,957,725
  
738,619
  
-
  
2,223,552
Howard H. Haworth
  
6,023,633
  
672,711
  
-
  
2,223,552
George W. Henderson, III
  
6,015,072
  
681,272
  
-
  
2,223,552
J. Walter McDowell
  
6,014,022
  
682,322
  
-
  
2,223,552
Dale C. Pond
  
5,909,269
  
787,075
  
-
  
2,223,552
Robert H. Spilman, Jr.
  
6,025,041
  
671,303
  
-
  
2,223,552
William C. Wampler, Jr.
  
6,018,094
  
678,250
  
-
  
2,223,552
William C. Warden, Jr.
  
6,025,073
  
671,271
  
-
  
2,223,552
 
At the annual meeting, the shareholders also voted on one proposal:

 
1.
Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

The final tabulation was as follows:
 
Proposal
  
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Votes Abstain
  
Broker Non-Vote
                 
Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP
  
8,833,742
  
75,688
  
10,466
  
-
 
Item 8.01.
Other Events
 
On April 19, 2012 Bassett Furniture Industries issued a news release relating to the declaration of a regular quarterly dividend of $.05 per share on outstanding common stock payable on June 1, 2012, to shareholders of record at the close of business May 15, 2012.  A copy of the new release this information is attached to the report as Exhibit 99.
 
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit 99                      New release issued by Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. on April 19, 2012.

 
 
 

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.
 
  BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED  
       
Date:  April 19, 2012
By:
/s/ J. Michael Daniel  
  J. Michael Daniel  
  Title: Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer  

 
 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

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Exhibit No. 99                                News release issued by Bassett Furniture Industries on April 19, 2012.