ITEM 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
At the annual meeting of stockholders of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (the
"Company") held on June 4, 2020 by means of remote communication (the "Annual
Meeting"), stockholders of the Company approved the American Eagle Outfitters,
Inc. 2020 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the "2020 Plan"). The 2020 Plan is a
long-term incentive plan pursuant to which awards may be granted to employees,
non-employee directors, and consultants of the Company and its affiliates,
including stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted
stock units, performance-based awards, awards in lieu of obligations, dividend
equivalents, and other stock-based awards. The 2020 Plan was adopted principally
to serve as a successor plan to the 2017 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the
"2017 Plan"), and to increase the number of shares of Company common stock,
$0.01 par value (the "Common Stock") reserved for equity-based awards to
10,200,000 shares (in addition to the share reserve amount that remained
available under the 2017 Plan immediately prior to the adoption of the 2020
Plan). No awards may be granted under the 2020 Plan after June 4, 2030. It is
not possible to determine specific amounts and types of awards that may be
granted to eligible participants under the 2020 Plan subsequent to the Annual
Meeting because the grant and payment of such awards is subject to the
discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors.
This summary of the 2020 Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
full text of the 2020 Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 4, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
As of April 8, 2020, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were a total
of 165,500,429 shares of the Company's Common Stock outstanding and entitled to
vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 157,132,871 shares of Common
Stock were represented in person or by proxy and, therefore, a quorum was
present.
The stockholders of the Company voted on the following:
1. To elect two Class I directors to serve until the 2023 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders;
2. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 30, 2021;
3. To approve the Company's 2020 Plan; and
4. To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive
officers.
Votes regarding the election of the director nominees were as follows:
Name For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
Sujatha Chandrasekaran 145,554,332 651,884 103,406 10,823,249
Jay L. Schottenstein 141,783,250 4,449,944 76,428 10,823,249
Based on the votes set forth above, the director nominees were duly elected. The
following persons continue to serve as Class II directors: Janice E. Page, David
M. Sable, and Noel J. Spiegel. The following persons continue to serve as
Class III directors: Deborah A. Henretta, Thomas R. Ketteler, and Cary D.
McMillan.
Votes regarding the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the
Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year
ending January 30, 2021 were as follows:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
154,851,202 2,155,609 126,060 0
Based on the votes set forth above, the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the
Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year
ending January 30, 2021 was duly ratified.
Votes regarding the approval of the Company's 2020 Plan were as follows:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
142,340,879 3,845,875 122,864 10,823,253
Based on the votes set forth above, the Company's 2020 Plan was approved.
Votes regarding the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named
executive officers were as follows:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
142,792,779 3,210,152 306,687 10,823,253
Based on the votes set forth above, the compensation of the Company's named
executive officers was approved.
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