SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): November 11, 2009
MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE | | 001-11174 | | 06-1340090 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) | | (Commission file number) | | (I.R.S. employer
identification number) |
20415 Nordhoff Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (818) 773-0900
Not Applicable
Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.07 of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
MRV Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on November 11, 2009 (“Annual Meeting”). Pursuant to the addition of the Item 5.07 requirement for Current Reports on Form 8-K, effective February 28, 2010, the Company is providing the following information regarding the results of the matters voted on by stockholders at the Annual Meeting:
a) Election of ten Directors to serve for the ensuing year and until their successors are elected:
Director Nominee | | Votes For | | Votes Withheld | |
Baruch Fischer | | 107,923,166 | | 7,921,377 | |
Charles M. Gillman | | 114,015,714 | | 1,828,829 | |
Joan E. Herman | | 108,959,611 | | 6,884,932 | |
Michael E. Keane | | 109,226,322 | | 6,618,221 | |
Noam Lotan | | 104,935,604 | | 10,908,939 | |
Shlomo Margalit | | 105,391,306 | | 10,453,237 | |
Michael J. McConnell | | 113,456,375 | | 2,388,168 | |
Igal Shidlovsky | | 106,408,423 | | 9,436,120 | |
Kenneth Shubin Stein | | 113,633,246 | | 2,211,297 | |
Philippe Tartavull | | 113,752,139 | | 2,092,404 | |
b) Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2009: 107,885,577 shares in favor, 4,050,778 shares against, and 85,524 shares abstaining.
There were no broker non-votes for either of the matters listed above.
On October 8, 2009, the Company entered into an Agreement with Spencer Capital Management, LLC, Spencer Capital Partners, LLC, Value Fund Advisors, LLC, Boston Avenue Capital, LLC, Yorktown Avenue Capital, LLC and Spencer Capital Opportunity Fund, LP, Charles M. Gillman, Michael J. McConnell, Kenneth H. Shubin Stein, to settle matters pertaining to the contested election of directors to the Company’s Board of Directors at the Company’s Annual Meeting. A description of the agreement is included in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 14, 2009, and the agreement itself is attached thereto as Exhibit 10.1.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 3, 2010
| MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC. |
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| By: | /s/ Noam Lotan |
| | Noam Lotan |
| | Chief Executive Officer |
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