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): February 13, 2018
MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
MINNESOTA | 000-02382 | 41-0908057 |
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION) | (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER) | (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.) |
14000 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55344
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, INCLUDING ZIP CODE)
(952) 937-4000
(REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
N/A
(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 |
MTS Systems Corporation (the “Company”) held its virtual annual meeting of shareholders on February 13, 2018 (the “Annual Meeting”). A total of 16,856,950 shares of the Common Stock, representing approximately 95% of the shares outstanding and eligible to vote and constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting were as follows:
Proposal 1. All of the eight nominees for director were elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are duly elected. The result of the votes to elect the eight directors was as follows:
Name | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
David J. Anderson | 15,281,098 | 112,619 | 1,463,233 | |||
Jeffrey A. Graves | 15,125,899 | 267,818 | 1,463,233 | |||
David D. Johnson | 15,190,910 | 202,807 | 1,463,233 | |||
Randy J. Martinez | 15,191,536 | 202,181 | 1,463,233 | |||
Michael V. Schrock | 15,190,908 | 202,809 | 1,463,233 | |||
Gail P. Steinel | 15,277,817 | 115,900 | 1,463,233 | |||
Maximiliane C. Straub | 15,267,477 | 126,240 | 1,463,233 | |||
Chun Hung (Kenneth) Yu | 15,277,743 | 115,974 | 1,463,233 | |||
Proposal 2. The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending September 29, 2018, was ratified by the vote set forth below:
For | Against | Abstain | ||
16,529,497 | 166,301 | 161,152 | ||
Proposal 3. The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting was approved on an advisory basis by the votes set forth below:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
14,928,054 | 292,260 | 173,403 | 1,463,233 | |||
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.
MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION | |||
(Registrant) | |||
Date: | February 15, 2018 | By: | /s/ Brian T. Ross |
Brian T. Ross | |||
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||