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):October 13, 2015
LiqTech International, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Nevada | 000-53769 | 20-1431677 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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Industriparken 22C, 2750 Ballerup, Denmark | | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
+4544986000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
On October 13, 2015, LiqTech International, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Meeting”). A total of 30,851,565 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), were present or represented by proxy at the Meeting, representing approximately seventy eight percent (78%) of the outstanding Common Stock as of September 8, 2015, the record date for the Meeting.
At the Meeting, four (4) proposals were submitted for a vote of the Company’s stockholders and the related results are as follows:
Proposal No. 1: The election of Aldo Petersen, Paul Burgon, Mark Vernon, Michael S. Barish, Rengarajan Ramesh, and Sune Mathiesen for terms until the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders or until such directors’ successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. The stockholders elected the six (6) directors by the following votes:
Name | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Vote |
Aldo Petersen | 16,741,392 | 3,866,425 | 10,243,748 |
Paul Burgon | 20,524,817 | 83,000 | 10,243,748 |
Mark Vernon | 20,231,445 | 376,372 | 10,243,748 |
Michael S. Barish | 20,524,817 | 83,000 | 10,243,748 |
Rengarajan Ramesh | 20,524,817 | 83,000 | 10,243,748 |
Sune Mathiesen | 20,374,141 | 233,767 | 10,243,748 |
Proposal No. 2: The stockholders ratified Gregory & Associates, LLC as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm by the following votes:
Votes For | 30,745,623 |
Votes Against | 105,942 |
Abstentions | 0 |
Proposal No. 3: The approval of a non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement. The stockholders approved the non-binding advisory resolution on executive compensation by the following votes:
Votes For | 20,326,524 |
Votes Against | 127,617 |
Abstentions | 153,676 |
| Broker Non-Vote | 10,243,748 |
Proposal No. 4: The approval of a non-binding resolution regarding the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers which could be held every year, every two (2) years or every three (3) years. The stockholders approved the non-binding advisory resolution regarding the frequency of future votes on executive compensation every three (3) years as follows:
1 Year | 6,339,886 |
2 Years | 1,231,983 |
3 Years | 12,981,856 |
Abstentions | 54,092 |
| Broker Non-Vote | 10,243,748 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| | | LIQTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC. | |
Date: October 16, 2015 | | /s/ Sune Mathiesen | |
| | | Sune Mathiesen | |
| | Chief Executive Officer, Principal Executive Officer and Director |
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