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): March 18, 2011
Keynote Systems, Inc.
(Exact Name of the Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
     
000-27241
(Commission File Number)
  94-3226488
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
777 Mariners Island Boulevard, San Mateo,
California
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  94404
(Zip Code)
(650) 403-2400
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)
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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.
     (e) Approval of an Amendment to the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and an Amendment to the 1999 Equity Incentive Plan.
As noted in Item 5.07 below, at the annual meeting of stockholders of Keynote Systems, Inc. (“Keynote”) held on March 18, 2011, stockholders approved an amendment to the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and an amendment to the 1999 Equity Incentive Plan.
More detailed summaries of the material terms of the amendment to the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the amendment to the 1999 Equity Incentive Plan appear in Keynote’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 28, 2011, as amended on March 7, 2011, and are incorporated by reference herein. Those summaries are qualified in their entirety by reference to the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, and the 1999 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, included as Appendix A and Appendix B to the Proxy Statement, as amended, and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 5.07   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
     (a) Keynote held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on March 18, 2011 (the “Annual Meeting”). Proxies for the Annual Meeting were solicited pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Securities and Exchange Act.
     (b) The matters described below were voted on at the Annual Meeting and the number of votes cast with respect to each matter and with respect to the election of directors were as indicated:
          (1) Holders of Keynote’s common stock voted to elect six directors, each to serve until his or her successor has been elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal as follows:
             
Name   For   Withheld  
Umang Gupta
  12,422,011     170,762  
Charles M. Boesenberg
  12,446,735     146,038  
Mohan Gyani
  12,421,293     171,480  
Jennifer M. Johnson
  12,421,078     171,695  
Raymond L. Ocampo Jr.
  12,392,641     200,132  
Deborah Rieman
  12,421,228     171,545  
          (2) Holders of Keynote’s common stock voted to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of its named executive officers:
         
Shares voted in favor:
    12,292,781  
Shares voted against:
    245,413  
Shares abstaining:
    54,578  
          (3) Holders of Keynote’s common stock voted, on an advisory basis, that the future advisory vote on the compensation of its named executive officers be held every year:
                                 
    One   Two   Three   Abstaining
Shares in favor:
    8,015,739       323,375       4,242,585       3,440  
          (4) Holders of Keynote’s common stock voted to approve the amendment to the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan:
         
Shares voted in favor:
    12,362,103  
Shares voted against:
    177,262  
Shares abstaining:
    53,409  

 


 

          (5) Holders of Keynote’s common stock voted to approve the amendment to the 1999 Equity Incentive Plan:
         
Shares voted in favor:
    11,334,102  
Shares voted against:
    1,247,551  
Shares abstaining:
    11,120  
          (6) Holders of Keynote’s common stock voted to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as its independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011:
         
Shares voted in favor:
    14,299,085  
Shares voted against:
    20,878  
Shares abstaining:
    39,455  

 


 

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 thereunto duly authorized.
         
  KEYNOTE SYSTEMS, INC.
 
 
Date: March 23, 2011  By:   /s/ Curtis H. Smith    
    Curtis H. Smith   
    Chief Financial Officer