tcx20160907_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

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 6, 2016

 

TUCOWS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)

 

Pennsylvania

(State or Other

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation)

0-28284

(Commission File

Number)

23-2707366

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

96 Mowat Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Suite 200

   

M6K 3M1

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (416) 535-0123

 

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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 
 

 

 

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

 

Tucows Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on September 6, 2016. The following matters, all of which were set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A (the “Proxy Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2016, were voted on at the Annual Meeting. The results of such voting are as indicated below.

 

1. Election of Directors

 

The Company’s shareholders voted upon and elected the following nominees to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors for a term of one year expiring at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

 

Director

 

For

 

Authority

Withheld

Allen Karp   4,565,392   27,723
Elliot Noss   4,571,652   21,463
Erez Gissin   4,561,577   31,538
Jeffery Schwartz   4,560,263   32,852
Rawleigh Ralls   4,571,502   21,613
Robin Chase   4,570,802   22,313

 

There were 2,169,262 broker non-votes with respect to the election of directors.

 

2. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors

 

The Company’s shareholders voted upon and ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent auditors of the Company and its subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 

 

 For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

6,708,640

 

43,961

 

9,776

 

 

 
 

 

 

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.

 

 

TUCOWS INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Cooperman

 

 

 

Michael Cooperman

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Dated: September 7, 2016