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 28, 2019
PLANTRONICS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware | 1-12696 | 77-0207692 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission file number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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)
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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:
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Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE | | PLT | | NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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).
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On June 28, 2019, at the Annual Meeting (as defined below) of Plantronics, Inc. ("Company"), the Company's stockholders approved an amendment and restatement of the Company's 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP") to increase the number of authorized shares under the ESPP by 300,000.
The Company's stockholders also approved at the Annual Meeting an amendment and restatement of the Company's 2003 Stock Plan ("Plan") to increase the number of authorized shares under the Plan by 1,000,000.
A copy of the ESPP and Plan, each as amended and restated, are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The Company's 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders ("Annual Meeting") was held on June 28, 2019. At the Annual Meeting, 36,616,904 shares of common stock of the Company were present in person or by proxy.
At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders voted on the following proposals: (1) elect eleven directors; (2) approve the amendment and restatement of the 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan which included an increase in the number of shares of common stock issuable thereunder by 300,000; (3) approve the amendment and restatement of the 2003 Stock Plan which included an increase in the number of shares of common stock issuable thereunder by 1,000,000; (4) ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2020; and (5) approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
The results of the voting were as follows:
Proposal No. 1: The following directors were elected to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified:
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Nominee | | For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
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Robert Hagerty | | 34,492,693 | | 294,290 | | 28,230 | | 1,801,691 |
Marv Tseu | | 34,237,247 | | 550,317 | | 27,649 | | 1,801,691 |
Joe Burton | | 34,513,063 | | 266,393 | | 35,757 | | 1,801,691 |
Frank Baker | | 34,542,180 | | 243,018 | | 30,015 | | 1,801,691 |
Kathy Crusco | | 34,696,984 | | 106,250 | | 11,979 | | 1,801,691 |
Brian Dexheimer | | 33,633,615 | | 1,153,658 | | 27,940 | | 1,801,691 |
Gregg Hammann | | 34,443,592 | | 343,491 | | 28,130 | | 1,801,691 |
John Hart | | 34,237,360 | | 549,094 | | 28,759 | | 1,801,691 |
Guido Jouret | | 23,846,552 | | 10,939,624 | | 29,037 | | 1,801,691 |
Marshall Mohr | | 26,610,683 | | 8,175,438 | | 29,092 | | 1,801,691 |
Daniel Moloney | | 34,543,073 | | 243,349 | | 28,791 | | 1,801,691 |
Proposal No. 2: The results of the vote to approve the amended and restated 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan were:
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For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
34,103,678 | | 321,837 | | 389,698 | | 1,801,691 |
Proposal No. 3: The results of the vote to approve the amended and restated 2003 Stock Plan were:
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For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
27,467,585 | | 6,951,394 | | 396,234 | | 1,801,691 |
Proposal No. 4: 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 2020 were:
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For | | Against | | Abstain |
35,869,565 | | 327,309 | | 420,030 |
Proposal No. 5: The results of the advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers were:
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For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
32,536,893 | | 1,872,842 | | 405,478 | | 1,801,691 |
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed as part of this report.
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Exhibit Number | Description |
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10.1 | |
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SIGNATURE
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.
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Date: June 28, 2019 | PLANTRONICS, INC. |
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| By: | /s/ Mary Huser |
| Name: | Mary Huser |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary |