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): May 30, 2012

 

 

KVH Industries, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-28082

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

05-0420589

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

50 Enterprise Center

Middletown, RI

  02842
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (401) 847-3327

 

(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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


ITEM 5.07. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

At the annual meeting of shareholders of KVH Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) held on May 30, 2012, the shareholders voted on (i) a proposal to consider and vote upon the election of Mark S. Ain and Stanley K. Honey as Class I directors for a three-year term and (ii) a proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. Both proposals were approved. The final results of such voting are set forth below.

Proposal #1 – To consider and vote upon the election of two Class I directors for a three-year term.

 

Name of Director Nominee    Number of Votes
Cast For
     Number of Votes
Withheld
     Number of
Broker Non-Votes
 

Mark S. Ain

     9,892,947         468,607         3,321,233   

Stanley K. Honey

     10,003,630         357,924         3,321,233   

Proposal #2 – To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

 

Number of Votes Cast For    Number of Votes
Cast Against
     Number of
Abstentions
     Number of
Broker Non-Votes
 

13,382,647

     170,716         129,424         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.

 

    KVH INDUSTRIES, INC.
Date: June 4, 2012     BY:  

/S/    PATRICK J. SPRATT        

     

Patrick J. Spratt

Chief Financial and Accounting Officer