UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 or 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of September, 2023

Commission file number: 001-32635

 

 

BIRKS GROUP INC.

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

2020 Robert-Bourassa Blvd., Suite 200

Montreal Québec

Canada

H3A 2A5

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  ☒            Form 40-F  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  

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Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

 

 

 


1. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

On September 14, 2023, the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of Birks Group Inc. (the “Company”) was held in Montreal, Quebec and was made available by conference call. The shareholders of record at the close of business on July 21, 2023 (the “Record Date”) were entitled to vote at the Meeting. As of the Record Date, the Company had 11,317,999 Class A voting shares outstanding (which entitle the holder to one vote per share), 7,717,970 Class B multiple voting shares outstanding (which entitle the holder to 10 votes per share) and no preferred shares outstanding.

The shareholders of the Company elected as directors, Niccolò Rossi di Montelera, Jean-Christophe Bédos, Davide Barberis Canonico, M. Eugenia Girón, Emilio B. Imbriglio, Louis-Philippe Maurice, Deborah Shannon Trudeau and Joseph F.X. Zahra, to hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders of the Company or until their successors are elected or appointed. The election of directors by the shareholders was by the following votes:

 

Name    Votes For      Votes Against      Votes Withheld      Non-Votes  

Niccolò Rossi di Montelera

     83,411,878        24,300        n/a        870,981  

Jean-Christophe Bédos

     83,411,844        24,334        n/a        870,981  

Davide Barberis Canonico

     83,410,445        25,733        n/a        870,981  

M. Eugenia Girón

     83,427,934        8,244        n/a        870,981  

Emilio B. Imbriglio

     84,427,928        8,250        n/a        870,981  

Louis-Philippe Maurice

     83,428,028        8,150        n/a        870,981  

Deborah S. Trudeau

     83,427,437        8,741        n/a        870,981  

Joseph F.X. Zahra

     83,411,948        24,230        n/a        870,981  

The shareholders authorized the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditors and authorized the directors to fix KPMG LLP’s remuneration by a vote of 84,296,065 shares in favor, 11,088 shares against, 53 shares abstaining and 0 shares non-voting.

 

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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.

 

   

BIRKS GROUP INC.

(Registrant)

    By:   /s/ Miranda Melfi
      Miranda Melfi
Date: September 19, 2023       Vice President, Human Resources, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

 

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