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): May 25, 2010
NETGEAR, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-50350 | 77-0419172 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
350 East Plumeria Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
(408) 907-8000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of NETGEAR, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 25, 2010, at the Talbott Hotel, 20 East Delaware Place, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, pursuant to the Notice sent on or about April 14, 2010 to all stockholders of record at the close of business on March 26, 2010.
At the meeting, 32,390,152 shares were represented in person or by proxy, which constituted a quorum. The results of the three proposals were as follows:
1. The election of nine (9) directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders:
| For | Withheld | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||
| Jocelyn E. Carter-Miller |
29,374,250 | 174,218 | 0 | 2,841,684 | ||||
| Ralph E. Faison |
27,712,828 | 1,835,640 | 0 | 2,841,684 | ||||
| A. Timothy Godwin |
29,299,848 | 248,620 | 0 | 2,841,684 | ||||
| Jef Graham |
27,715,038 | 1,833,430 | 0 | 2,841,684 | ||||
| Linwood A. Lacy, Jr. |
29,328,188 | 220,280 | 0 | 2,841,684 | ||||
| Patrick C.S. Lo |
29,143,995 | 404,473 | 0 | 2,841,684 | ||||
| George G. C. Parker |
28,885,097 | 663,371 | 0 | 2,841,684 | ||||
| Gregory J. Rossmann |
27,713,861 | 1,834,607 | 0 | 2,841,684 | ||||
| Julie A. Shimer |
27,716,842 | 1,831,626 | 0 | 2,841,684 |
2. Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for issuance thereunder by 1,500,000 shares:
| For: |
20,413,247 | |
| Against: |
9,110,518 | |
| Abstain: |
24,703 | |
| Broker Non-Votes: |
2,841,684 |
3. Approval of the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010:
| For: |
32,098,994 | |
| Against: |
270,560 | |
| Abstain: |
20,598 | |
| Broker Non-Votes: |
0 |
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.
| NETGEAR, INC. | ||||||
| Dated: May 27, 2010 | By: | /S/ ANDREW W. KIM | ||||
| Andrew W. Kim | ||||||
| Vice President, Legal and Corporate Development | ||||||