Form 8-K

 

 

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): December 10, 2015

 

 

ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-35319   04-2921333

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File No.)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1601 Trapelo Road, Suite 170  
Waltham, Massachusetts   02451
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(781) 663-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) was held pursuant to notice at The Terranea Resort Hotel, 100 Terranea Way, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on December 10, 2015. The final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Company at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

Proposal 1 – Election of Class I directors. Warren G. Lichtenstein and Glen M. Kassan have each been elected to hold office until the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, as a result of the following votes:

 

Name

   Votes For      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Warren G. Lichtenstein

     20,201,555         5,439,730         20,071,333   

Glen M. Kassan

     21,502,389         4,138,896         20,071,333   

Proposal 2 – To amend the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to declassify the Board of Directors. The Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that any amendment to Article Seventh may only be approved by the affirmative vote of seventy-five percent (75%) of the Company’s outstanding voting stock. As the “votes for” constituted 44.74% of the Company’s outstanding voting stock entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting, the proposal did not meet the required threshold. This marks the third consecutive year that the Company has included this proposal in the submission to stockholders and the third year that the proposal was not approved. Proposal 2 was not approved as a result of the following vote:

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

23,389,632    2,218,925    32,728    20,071,333

Proposal 3 – To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers. Proposal 3 was approved by the following vote:

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

21,377,980    3,839,658    423,647    20,071,333

Proposal 4 – To ratify the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year. Proposal 4 was approved as a result of the following vote:

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

43,268,275    2,337,373    106,970    N/A


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.

 

    ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc.
Date: December 16, 2015     By:  

/s/ Alan R. Cormier

    Name:   Alan R. Cormier
    Title:   Senior Vice President and General Counsel