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)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Noam Lotan

 

 

Noam Lotan

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

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