prlb20160519_8k.htm

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

 

May 19, 2016

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

PROTO LABS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Minnesota

 

001-35435

 

41-1939628

(State of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

5540 Pioneer Creek Drive
Maple Plain, Minnesota

 

55359

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

     

(763) 479-3680

     

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

     
       

Not Applicable

   

(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):

 

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

 

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 19, 2016 (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders elected all seven persons nominated by the Company’s board of directors to serve as directors until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are elected and duly qualified. The Company’s shareholders also ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, approved an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, approved the material terms of the Proto Labs, Inc. 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended, for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, and approved a shareholder proposal regarding proxy access. Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals.

 

Proposal 1. Election of Directors.

 

Name

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

             

Lawrence J. Lukis

 

21,698,430

 

287,243

 

3,023,155

Victoria M. Holt

 

21,740,594

 

245,079

 

3,023,155

Archie C. Black

 

21,299,428

 

686,245

 

3,023,155

Rainer Gawlick

 

21,301,939

 

683,734

 

3,023,155

John B. Goodman

 

21,502,930

 

482,743

 

3,023,155

Brian K. Smith

 

21,299,969

 

685,704

 

3,023,155

Sven A. Wehrwein

 

21,761,464

 

224,209

 

3,023,155

             

 

Proposal 2. Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

24,915,800

 

49,661

 

43,367

 

0

 

Proposal 3. Advisory approval of executive compensation.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

21,306,313

 

608,749

 

70,611

 

3,023,155

 

Proposal 4. Approval of the material terms of the Proto Labs, Inc. 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended, for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

15,590,249

 

6,339,207

 

56,217

 

3,023,155

 

Proposal 5. Shareholder proposal regarding proxy access.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

15,508,943

 

6,346,405

 

130,325

 

3,023,155

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

PROTO LABS, INC.

 

 

Date: May 19, 2016   

 /s/ Victoria M. Holt                                    

  Victoria M. Holt
  President and Chief Executive Officer