8-K Shareholder Meeting Results 2014


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

June 3, 2014
 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 (State or Other Jurisdiction
 of Incorporation)
 
 
 
001-33155
 (Commission File No.)
 
04-3444218
 (IRS Employer
 Identification No.)

50 Old Webster Road
Oxford, Massachusetts 01540
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (508) 373-1100

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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

On June 3, 2014, the Company held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and the following are the final voting results for the 2014 Annual Meeting:

Proposal
Votes For
Votes
Against
Votes
Withheld
Abstentions
Broker
Non-Votes
One: To elect ten directors to serve for the ensuing year and until their successors are duly elected
 
 
 
 
 
Valentin P. Gapontsev, Ph.D.
45,425,182
—
485,734
—
4,025,636
Eugene Scherbakov, Ph.D.
45,440,084
—
470,832
—
4,025,636
Igor Samartsev
45,440,515
—
470,401
—
4,025,636
Robert A. Blair
45,296,708
—
614,208
—
4,025,636
Michael C. Child
45,265,295
—
645,621
—
4,025,636
Henry E. Gauthier
45,609,432
—
301,484
—
4,025,636
William S. Hurley
45,610,742
—
300,174
—
4,025,636
Eric Meurice
45,622,640
—
288,276
—
4,025,636
John R. Peeler
45,465,100
—
445,816
—
4,025,636
Thomas J. Seifert
45,622,885
—
288,031
—
4,025,636
 
 
 
 
 
 
Two: To approve, by non-binding vote, the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers
45,537,789
325,579
—
47,548
4,025,636
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three: To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014
49,374,202
460,646
—
101,704
—

As a result of the voting, (i) each of the above-named directors was elected at the 2014 Annual Meeting, and the stockholders also approved (ii) the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers and (iii) the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014.





SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 
 
 
 
 
IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION
  
June 4, 2014
 
/s/ Angelo P. Lopresti
 
 
Angelo P. Lopresti
 
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary