Form 6-K Gildan Activewear Inc. For: May 06
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Form 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of: May 2021 | Commission File Number: 1-14830 |
GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC.
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)
600 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West
33rd Floor
Montréal, Québec
Canada H3A 3J2
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC. | |||||||||||
Date: May 6, 2021 | By: | /s/ Lindsay Matthews | |||||||||
Name: | Lindsay Matthews | ||||||||||
Title: | Vice-President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit | Description of Exhibit | |||||||
99.1 | Voting Results |
May 6, 2021
Subject: | Gildan Activewear Inc. (the “Corporation”) Report of Voting Results Pursuant to Section 11.3 of National Instrument 51-102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations (“NI 51-102”) |
Following the virtual annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation held on May 6, 2021 (the “Meeting”), and in accordance with section 11.3 of NI 51-102, we hereby advise you of the following voting results obtained at the Meeting. According to the Scrutineers’ report, shareholders were present at the Meeting, or represented by proxy, representing 172,897,408 common shares or 87.14% of the 198,422,935 shares outstanding on the March 9, 2021 record date for the Meeting.
1.Election of Directors
An electronic ballot was conducted with respect to the election of directors. According to proxies received and ballots cast, the following individuals were elected as directors of the Corporation until the next annual shareholders’ meeting, with the following results:
NAME OF NOMINEE | VOTES FOR | % | VOTES WITHHELD | % | ||||||||||
Donald C. Berg | 169,398,549 | 99.66 | 583,283 | 0.34 | ||||||||||
Maryse Bertrand | 168,707,042 | 99.25 | 1,274,790 | 0.75 | ||||||||||
Marc Caira | 169,085,465 | 99.47 | 896,367 | 0.53 | ||||||||||
Glenn J. Chamandy | 169,447,357 | 99.69 | 534,475 | 0.31 | ||||||||||
Shirley E. Cunningham | 143,839,198 | 84.62 | 26,142,634 | 15.38 | ||||||||||
Russell Goodman | 153,152,906 | 90.10 | 16,828,926 | 9.90 | ||||||||||
Charles M. Herington | 153,490,675 | 90.30 | 16,491,157 | 9.70 | ||||||||||
Luc Jobin | 151,943,278 | 89.39 | 18,038,554 | 10.61 | ||||||||||
Craig A. Leavitt | 153,914,181 | 90.55 | 16,067,651 | 9.45 | ||||||||||
Anne Martin-Vachon | 153,612,499 | 90.37 | 16,369,333 | 9.63 |
2.Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
An electronic ballot was conducted with respect to the adoption of an advisory vote on executive compensation. According to proxies received and ballots cast, a majority of shareholders voted against the non-biding Advisory vote on Executive Compensation, as per the following results:
Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation | VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | ||||||||||
69,459,600 | 40.86 | 100,522,232 | 59.14 |
3.Appointment of Auditors
An electronic ballot was conducted with respect to the appointment of the auditors. According to proxies received and ballots cast, KPMG LLP were appointed as the Corporation’s auditors for the ensuing year, at such remuneration as may be fixed by the Board of Directors with the following results:
Appointment of Auditors | VOTES FOR | % | VOTES WITHHELD | % | ||||||||||
164,788,114 | 95.31 | 8,107,647 | 4.69 |
Yours truly,
(s) Lindsay Matthews
Lindsay Matthews
Vice-President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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