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): July 7, 2016

 

 

PENDRELL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

 

Washington   001-33008   98-0221142

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification #)

2300 Carillon Point

Kirkland, Washington 98033

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(425) 278-7100

(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:

 

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

Pendrell Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders on July 7, 2016. At the meeting, the shareholders of the Company (i) elected the persons listed below to serve as directors of the Company, (ii) approved an advisory (non-binding) resolution on executive compensation; (iii) approved a reverse stock split within a range of 1-for-3 and 1-for-10, which ratio will be selected at the sole discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors at any whole number in the foregoing range; and (iv) ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. Set forth below are the voting results for each of these proposals:

Proposal 1 — Election of Directors.

 

Director Nominee

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

Richard P. Emerson

  586,172,329   1,642,664   21,367,985

Nicolas Kauser

  581,885,873   5,929,120   21,367,985

Craig O. McCaw

  583,437,925   4,377,068   21,367,985

Lee E. Mikles

  585,548,501   2,266,492   21,367,985

R. Gerard Salemme

  584,032,228   3,782,765   21,367,985

Stuart M. Sloan

  576,365,855   11,449,138   21,367,985

H. Brian Thompson

  575,790,176   12,024,817   21,367,985

Proposal 2 — Approval of an advisory (non-binding) resolution on executive compensation.

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Abstained

 

Broker Non-Votes

523,214,096

  64,589,853   11,044   21,367,985

Proposal 3 — Approval of reverse stock split within a range of 1-for-3 and 1-for-10.

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Abstained

 

Broker Non-Votes

608,693,835

  436,179   52,964   0

Proposal 4 — Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016.

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Abstained

 

Broker Non-Votes

608,935,959

 

186,642

 

60,377

 

0


SIGNATURE

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.

 

PENDRELL CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Timothy M. Dozois
  Timothy M. Dozois
  Corporate Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Dated: July 11, 2016