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United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 8-K


 

Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)  March 24, 2010

 


Winnebago Industries, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Iowa

001-06403

42-0802678

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

P.O. Box 152, Forest City, Iowa

 

50436

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code   641-585-3535

 

_____________________________________________________________________________
(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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Item 5.03     Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

At a meeting held on March 24, 2010, the Board of Directors of Winnebago Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) amended the Company’s By-Laws, effective March 24, 2010.  The principal features of the amendments, as set forth in Article II of the Company’s By-laws, include:

 

                   (i)          Explicitly providing that the advance notice provisions contained in Article II of the Company’s By-Laws are the exclusive means for a shareholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) before an annual meeting of shareholders.

 

                   (ii)         Explicitly providing that nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors at any special meeting of shareholders will be subject to advance notice requirements of the By-Laws.

 

                   (iii)        Clarifying the procedures for which the advance notice By-Laws are applicable if the Company announces an increase in the size of the Board of Directors within 70 days of the first anniversary of the preceding annual meeting.

 

                   (iv)        Expanding the required disclosure regarding the shareholder giving the notice on whose behalf the director nomination or business proposal is made to include, among other things, a description of any derivative instruments, short positions, options, hedging transactions, voting arrangements and other economic and voting interests the shareholder has with respect to the Company’s securities.

 

                   (v)        Expanding the required disclosure regarding any person whom a shareholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director to include, among other things, a description of certain compensation and other material monetary arrangements and certain material relationships between the shareholder and each proposed nominee.

 

                   (vi)        Expanding the required disclosure regarding any business (other than the nomination of a director or directors) that the shareholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting to include, among other things, a description of all agreements between the shareholder and any other person in connection with the proposal of business by the shareholder.

 

                   (vii)       Requiring a signed statement by a director nominee agreeing that, if elected, the nominee will, among other things, comply with the Winnebago Industries, Inc. Policy Regarding Nominations of Directors and also furnish any other information as may reasonably be required by the Company to determine the eligibility of the proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Company.

 

The complete copy of the Company’s By-Laws, as amended, is included as Exhibit 3.1.

 

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

                (d)       Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

Description of Exhibit

3.1

By-Laws of Winnebago Industries, Inc., as amended March 24, 2010.

 

 

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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 hereunto  duly authorized.

 

Date:  March 29, 2010

Winnebago Industries, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert J. Olson

 

Name: 

Robert J. Olson

 

Title:

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
Number

Description

3.1

By-Laws of Winnebago Industries, Inc., as amended March 24, 2010.