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): July 23, 2010
Plantronics, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 1-12696 | 77-0207692 |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission file number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
345 Encinal Street
Santa Cruz, California 95060
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)
(831) 426-5858
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
| N/A |
| (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) |
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SECTION 1 - Registrant's Business and Operations
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On July 23, 2010, Plantronics Communication Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (“Plantronics Suzhou”), a wholly-owned foreign enterprise in the People’s Republic of China and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Plantronics, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a contract (the “Sales Agreement”) with Scanfil (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (“Scanfil”) for the sale of the property that formerly served as the Suzhou manufacturing facility of the Company. Pursuant to the Sales Agreement, Plantronics Suzhou will sell to Scanfil the building and certain installments, equipment and office furniture and will transfer the right to use the underlying land for total cash consideration of RMB 65,000,000 (approximately $9 .58 million). Upon the execution of the Sales Agreement, Scanfil paid to Plantronics Suzhou 1% of the total cash consideration as a deposit. 89% of the total consideration will be paid upon the later of (i) the issuance of a land use right certificate indicating Scanfil as the new land use right owner and (ii) the issuance of the property ownership certificate indicating Scanfil as the new property owner of the building. The balance of the total consideration will be paid upon the Delivery Date. The Delivery Date will be within three business days of the later of (i) the issuance of the land use right certificate indicating Scanfil as the new land use right owner or (ii) the issuance of the property ownership certificate indicating Scanfil as the owner of the building. The land use right certificate and the property ownership certificate will be issued by certain government parties in the People’s Republic of China, so the Company can provide no assurance as to the Delivery Date, but the parties expect that it will occur no later than December 1, 2010. Following the Delivery Date, Plantronics Suzhou will retain the right to use certain office, laboratory and warehouse space for up to eight months at agreed-upon rates. The Sales Agreement may be terminated in the event of, among other things, non-payment by Scanfil or Plantronics Suzhou’s failure to deliver the property.
The Company stopped all manufacturing operations in July 2009 at its Suzhou location. Since September 30, 2009, the Company has classified the land use rights, building and improvements, and equipment and office furniture as assets held for sale in its consolidated balance sheet.
The foregoing description is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Sales Agreement which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter of fiscal year 2011.
SECTION 5 - Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On July 27, 2010, at the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Plantronics, Inc. (the “Company”), the stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock that may be issued under the plan by 1,200,000.
A copy of the Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan is being filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On July 27, 2010, Plantronics, Inc. (the "Company") held its annual meeting of stockholders. At the meeting, 46,956,910 shares of common stock of the Company were present in person or by proxy.
At the meeting, the stockholders voted on proposals to: (1) elect seven directors; (2) approve an increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan by one million two hundred thousand (1,200,000); and (3) ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2011.
The following directors were elected to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified:
| For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| Marv Tseu | 42,975,060 | 1,074,616 | 2,907,234 | |||||||||
| Kan Kannappan | 43,580,357 | 469,319 | 2,907,234 | |||||||||
| Brian Dexheimer | 43,539,536 | 510,140 | 2,907,234 | |||||||||
| Gregg Hammann | 43,405,633 | 644,043 | 2,907,234 | |||||||||
| John Hart | 43,417,690 | 631,986 | 2,907,234 | |||||||||
| Marshall Mohr | 43,572,884 | 476,792 | 2,907,234 | |||||||||
| Roger Wery | 43,579,978 | 469,698 | 2,907,234 | |||||||||
The results of the vote on the proposal to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan were:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 36,611,372 | 6,507,899 | 930,405 | 2,907,234 | |||||||||||
The results of the vote on ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2011 were:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 46,368,980 | 574,471 | 13,459 | 0 | |||||||||||
SECTION 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
10.1 Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan
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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.
| PLANTRONICS, INC. | ||
| Date: July 29, 2010 | By: | /s/ Rich Pickard |
| Name: | Rich Pickard | |
| Title: | Secretary |
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