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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 8-K/A
 
 
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 25, 2017
  
Hanesbrands Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maryland
 
001-32891
 
20-3552316
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
1000 East Hanes Mill Road
Winston-Salem, NC
 
27105
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (336) 519-8080
 
 
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:
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨










EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A (the “Amendment”) amends the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Hanesbrands Inc. (the “Company”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2017 (the “Original Form 8-K”). The Original Form 8-K reported the final voting results of the Company’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on April 25, 2017 (the “2017 Annual Meeting”). The sole purpose of this Amendment is to disclose the Company’s decision regarding how frequently it will conduct future stockholder advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (“Say-on-Pay”). No other changes have been made to the Original Form 8-K. 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

As previously reported in the Original Form 8-K, in a non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of future Say-on-Pay votes held at the 2017 Annual Meeting, a majority of the Company’s stockholders that voted on the matter indicated a preference to hold future Say-on-Pay votes every year as follows:
 
One Year
 
Two Years
 
Three Years
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-votes
264,173,414
 
916,488
 
21,685,634
 
983,045
 
48,686,247

In light of these results and in accordance with its previous recommendation in the proxy statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting, the Company’s Board of Directors determined that the Company will hold future Say-on-Pay votes on an annual basis until the occurrence of the next advisory vote on the frequency of Say-on-Pay votes. The next advisory vote regarding the frequency of Say-on-Pay votes is required to occur no later than the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.






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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
September 6, 2017
 
HANESBRANDS INC.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Joia M. Johnson
 
 
 
 
Joia M. Johnson
 
 
 
 
Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary