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) May 5, 2011
BroadSoft, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  001-34777
(Commission File Number)
  52-2130962
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
9737 Washingtonian Boulevard, Suite 350
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878

(Address of principal executive offices)
(301) 977-9440
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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 (see General Instruction A.2 below):
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Item 5.07.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a) The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of BroadSoft, Inc. was held on May 5, 2011 in Gaithersburg, MD. Of the 26,165,574 shares outstanding as of the record date, 20,398,386 shares (approximately 78%) were present or represented by proxy at the meeting.
At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, our stockholders: (i) approved the election of John D. Markley, Jr. and David Bernardi; (ii) approved the non-binding advisory resolution regarding executive compensation; (iii) cast the highest number of votes for voting on an annual basis with regard to the non-binding advisory resolution regarding the frequency of the non-binding vote on executive compensation; and (iv) approved the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.
(b) The results of the voting on the matters submitted to the stockholders are as follows:
1. To elect two directors to serve until the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
             
Name
John D. Markley, Jr.
David Bernardi
  Votes For
19,287,646
19,299,492
  Votes Withheld
104,942
93,096
  Broker Non-Votes
1,005,798
1,005,798
2. To approve the Company’s Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan for purposes of complying with Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Votes Abstaining   Broker Non-Votes
             
16,919,428   2,473,160   0   1,005,798
3. To approve the non-binding advisory resolution regarding executive compensation.
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Votes Abstaining   Broker Non-Votes
             
18,953,448   436,974   2,166   1,005,798
4. To approve the non-binding advisory resolution regarding the frequency of the non-binding vote on executive compensation.
                 
One Year   Two Years   Three Years   Votes Abstaining   Broker Non-Votes
                 
18,706,610   3,932   680,826   1,220   1,005,798

 


 

5. To ratify the selection by the Board of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Votes Abstaining   Broker Non-Votes
             
20,268,131   130,254   1   0
(d) The Board of Directors has decided to include a stockholder vote on executive compensation in its proxy materials every year.

 


 

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.
         
  BROADSOFT, INC.
 
 
Date: May 9, 2011  By:   /s/ Mary Ellen Seravalli    
    Name:   Mary Ellen Seravalli   
    Title:   Vice President and General Counsel