KVH Industries 8K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

KVH Industries (KVHI) 8-KSubmission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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): June 4, 2019

KVH Industries, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



Delaware	0-28082	05-0420589
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

50 Enterprise Center, Middletown, RI 02842

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and zip code)

(401) 847-3327

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	KVHI	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (NASDAQ Global Select Market)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

ITEM 5.07. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

At the annual meeting of stockholders on June 4, 2019, our stockholders voted:


•	to elect Martin A. Kits van Heyningen and Charles R. Trimble as Class II directors to serve until our annual meeting of stockholders in 2022, and thereafter until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified;


•	to approve, in a non-binding "say on pay" vote, the compensation of our named executive officers;


•	to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019.

The final results of such voting are set forth below.

Proposal #1 - To vote upon the election of two Class II directors.



Name of Director Nominee	Number of Votes Cast For	Number of Votes Cast Against	Number of Abstentions	Number of Broker Non-Votes
Martin A. Kits van Heyningen	11,123,233	1,354,721	6,590	4,165,836
Charles R. Trimble	8,958,753	3,445,874	79,917	4,165,836

Proposal #2 - To approve, in a non-binding "say on pay" vote, the compensation of our named executive officers.

Proposal #3 - To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019.

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.



	KVH INDUSTRIES, INC.
Date: June 05, 2019	BY:	/s/ FELISE FEINGOLD
		Felise Feingold
		Vice President, General Counsel, Compliance Officer, Chief Data Privacy Officer, and Secretary

Number of Votes Cast For

Number of Votes Cast Against

Number of Abstentions

Number of Broker Non-Votes