UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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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 11, 2021
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VAREX IMAGING CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware | 001-37860 | 81-3434516 | |||||||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | |||||||||
1678 S. Pioneer Road | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84104 | ||||||||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (801) 972-5000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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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 | VREX | The 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 or Rule 12b - 2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Emerging growth company ☐
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. ☐
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
On and effective February 11, 2021, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Varex Imaging Corporation (the “Company”) adopted amended and restated bylaws of the Company (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”). The changes to the Amended and Restated Bylaws include, among other things:
•Updating procedural mechanics for stockholders to present nominations of directors and certain stockholder proposals at stockholder meetings;
•Providing that special meetings of the Board may be called on less than 24 hours’ notice, when deemed necessary or advisable by the chair of the Board;
•Outlining procedures for holding remote stockholder meetings;
•Detailing circumstances under which stockholder meetings may be adjourned, postponed, rescheduled or cancelled;
•Outlining Board procedures in the event of an emergency;
•Detailing the powers of the chair of a stockholder meeting to regulate conduct at stockholder meetings; and
•Making various other updates to the bylaws.
The foregoing summary of the Amended and Restated Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of the Company was held on February 11, 2021. The final results for the votes of the Annual Meeting regarding each proposal voted on at the Annual Meeting are set forth in the following tables. Each of these proposals is described in detail in the Company’s proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed on December 30, 2020 (the “Proxy Statement”).
Proposal One:
The Company’s stockholders elected Timothy E. Guertin and Walter M Rosebrough, Jr. to serve as directors until the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:
For | Withheld | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
Timothy E. Guertin | 32,613,016 | 152,493 | 13,509 | 2,721,707 | ||||||||||
Walter M Rosebrough, Jr. | 22,827,694 | 257,440 | 9,693,884 | 2,721,707 |
Proposal Two:
The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
28,517,323 | 4,226,059 | 35,636 | 2,721,707 |
Proposal Three:
The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2021:
For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
35,239,585 | 235,916 | 25,224 |
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number | Description of Document | ||||
3.1 | |||||
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL document) |
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.
VAREX IMAGING CORPORATION | ||||||||
Dated: February 16, 2021 | By: | /s/ KIMBERLEY E. HONEYSETT | ||||||
Kimberley E. Honeysett | ||||||||
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |