Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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 16, 2012

 

 

FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Florida   0-20381   59-3157093
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 

(Commission

File Number)

  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

250 Technology Park, Lake Mary, Florida 32746

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (407) 333-9911

N/A

(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.

On May 16, 2012, the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of FARO Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) was held in Lake Mary, Florida. The holders of the common stock of the Company voted upon three Company proposals at the Meeting, with the following results:

Item 1 – Election of two directors to serve for a three-year term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2015

The holders of common stock of the Company elected the following directors to serve for a three-year term by the following count:

 

Name

   Votes For      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Vote  

Lynn Brubaker

     13,404,001         1,123,340         1,545,771   

Simon Raab

     13,076,757         1,450,584         1,545,771   

Item 2 – Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2012

The holders of the Company’s common stock ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2012 by the following count:

 

Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions  
  15,991,947         74,546         6,618   

Item 3 – Non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers

The holders of the Company’s common stock approved a non-binding resolution with respect to the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by the following count:

 

Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Vote  
  13,464,713         580,954         481,673         1,545,772   


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

     

FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Registrant)

  Date: May 21, 2012    

/s/ Keith Bair

      By:   Keith Bair
      Its:   Chief Financial Officer