Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (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 19, 2010

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 000-26244 510317849
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
311 Enterprise Drive, Plainsboro, New Jersey   08536
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   609-275-0500

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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ITEM 1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITVE AGREEMENT.

INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 2003 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

On May 19, 2010, the stockholders of Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) approved the Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation Second Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Amended Plan”). On April 7, 2010, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the Amended Plan, subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders.

The Amended Plan amends the Company’s Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2003 Plan”) in the following material respects:

    increasing the maximum number of shares of common stock which may be issued or awarded under the 2003 Plan from 4,750,000 to 6,500,000;

    prohibiting the grant of dividend equivalent rights in connection with grants of options or stock appreciation rights and, except to the extent otherwise provided in award agreements entered into prior to April 1, 2009, prohibiting dividend equivalent payments with respect to any award or part thereof prior to the date on which all performance vesting conditions relating to the award have been satisfied, waived or lapsed;

    authorizing the Compensation Committee, in its discretion, to permit a net settlement of an exercise of a nonqualified stock option to pay the option price under certain circumstances;

    authorizing the Compensation Committee, in its discretion, to allow payment of the option price to be made in shares issuable or withheld in a net settlement of a nonqualified option or with shares acquired from the exercise of an incentive stock option;

    providing that the transfer of awards, if any, can only be made to certain permitted transferees, and prohibiting the transfer of awards for consideration without stockholder approval;

    authorizing the Compensation Committee, in its discretion, to permit or require the acceleration of the timing for the payment of the number of shares of common stock needed to pay employment taxes upon the date of the vesting of an award; and

    authorizing the Compensation Committee, in its discretion, to allow a participant to satisfy minimum tax withholding requirements by surrendering previously-acquired             shares from the exercise of an incentive stock option.

A copy of the Amended Plan is attached as Exhibit 10 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item.

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

The Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on May 19, 2010 and in connection therewith, management solicited proxies pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act. An aggregate of 28,945,125 shares of our common stock was outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting. At the meeting the following matters (not including ordinary procedural matters) were submitted to a vote of the holders of the common stock, with the results indicated below:

1.  Election of directors to serve until the 2011 Annual Meeting. The following persons were elected. All were management’s nominees for election, and all were serving as directors. There was no solicitation in opposition to such nominees. The tabulation of votes was as follows:

                                                                     
 
                                                             
Nominee           For           Against           Abstain       Broker Non-Votes
                                             
Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr.
            25,456,537                   77,876                   1,730           2,015,036  
Keith Bradley
            25,052,298                   482,222                   1,623           2,015,036  
Richard E. Caruso
            25,027,356                   507,491                   1,296           2,015,036  
Stuart M. Essig
            25,084,735                   450,105                   1,303           2,015,036  
Neal Moszkowski
            25,396,942                   137,480                   1,721           2,015,036  
Raymond G. Murphy
            25,460,186                   73,803                   2,154           2,015,036  
Christian S. Schade
            25,451,989                   81,899                   2,255           2,015,036  
James M. Sullivan
            23,570,388                   1,963,918                   1,837           2,015,036  
Anne M. VanLent
            25,457,944                   75,562                   2,637           2,015,036  

2.  Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm. The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2010 fiscal year was ratified. The tabulation of votes was as follows:

                                 
 
                         
For
      Against       Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
 
                               
27,096,038
        446,565           8,576       0  

3. Approval of the Second Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan. The Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation Second Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan was approved. The tabulation of votes was as follows:

                                 
 
                         
For
      Against       Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
 
                               
18,568,228
        6,961,047           6,868       2,015,036  

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d) Exhibits

10 Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation Second Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan


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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.

         
    Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation
          
May 21, 2010   By:   /s/ Stuart M. Essig
       
        Name: Stuart M. Essig
        Title: President and Chief Executive Officer


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Exhibit Index


     
Exhibit No.   Description

 
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  Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation Second Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan