prlb20140521_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 20, 2014

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.

 

Proto Labs, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 20, 2014 (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders elected all eight 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, 2014, approved an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting and recommended a frequency of one year for future advisory votes on the compensation paid to the Company’s executive officers. 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

 

17,065,837

 

1,488,958

 

2,688,379

Bradley A. Cleveland

 

16,204,950

 

2,349,843

 

2,688,379

Victoria M. Holt

 

17,170,934

 

1,383,859

 

2,688,379

Rainer Gawlick

 

18,355,095

 

199,698

 

2,688,379

John B. Goodman

 

17,902,449

 

652,344

 

2,688,379

Douglas W. Kohrs

 

18,354,981

 

199,812

 

2,688,379

Brian K. Smith

 

18,341,521

 

213,272

 

2,688,379

Sven A. Wehrwein

 

18,300,352

 

254,441

 

2,688,379

 

Proposal 2. Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

20,939,403

 

300,280

 

3,489

 

0

 

Proposal 3. Advisory approval of executive compensation.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

18,449,938

 

81,811

 

23,044

 

2,688,379

 

Proposal 4. Frequency of future advisory votes on the approval of executive compensation.

 

One Year

 

Two Years

 

Three Years

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

17,602,435

 

40,579

 

861,906

 

28,723

 

2,688,379

 

The Company has considered the outcome of Proposal 4 and determined that the Company will hold future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s executives annually (i.e., every year) until the occurrence of the next advisory vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on the compensation of the Company’s executives.

 

 
 

 

 

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 21, 2014

By:

/s/ Victoria M. Holt

  

  

  

  

Victoria M. Holt

  

  

  

  

President and Chief Executive Officer