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: May 17, 2011

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

Data I/O Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Commission File Number: 0-10394

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Washington

91-0864123

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

6464 185th Ave. N.E., Suite 101
Redmond, WA 98052

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

 (425) 881-6444

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 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:

 

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Item 5.07:

 

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Annual Meeting of Shareholders Voting Results.

 

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Data I/O Corporation was convened at 2:00 p.m., on May 17, 2011, at the Company’s headquarters, 6464 185th Ave NE, Suite 101, Redmond, Washington.

               

There were issued and outstanding on March 21, 2011, the record date, 9,033,785 shares of Common Stock.

 

There were present at said meeting in person or by proxy, shareholders of the Corporation who were the holders of 7,386,208 (81.76%) shares of Common Stock entitled to vote, thereby constituting a quorum.

               

The following nominees for election as Directors, to hold office for a term as defined in the proxy statement and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, received the number of votes set opposite their respective name:

 

Nominee

For

Percent of

For & Against

Withheld

Percent of

For & Against

Broker Non- votes

Paul A. Gary

3,836,286

85.48

651,683

14.52

2,898,239

Frederick R. Hume

3,836,286

85.48

651,683

14.52

2,898,239

Steven M. Quist

3,836,146

85.48

651,823

14.52

2,898,239

William R. Walker

3,836,136

85.48

651,833

14.52

2,898,239

Douglas W. Brown

4,157,437

92.64

330,532

7.36

2,898,239

 

The aforesaid nominees have been elected as Director. 

 

                The proposal to approve the amendment and restatement of the Data I/O Corporation 2000 Stock Compensation Incentive Plan as described in the proxy statement received the following votes:

 

 

Votes

 

Percentage of For & Against on this Proposal

For

3,750,843

 

83.8

Against

725,044

 

16.2

Abstain

12,082

 

--

Broker Non-votes

2,898,239

 

 

 

The foregoing proposal has been approved.

 

                The proposal to ratify the continued appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent auditors, received the following votes:

 

 

Votes

 

Percentage of For & Against on this Proposal

For

3,355,093

 

99.76

Against

17,464

 

    .24

Abstain

13,651

 

--

 

The foregoing proposal has been approved.

 

 

 

 


 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Investor Presentation.

 

                Fred Hume, President and CEO and Joel Hatlen, Vice President and CFO presented a Data I/O Investor Presentation following the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 17, 2011.  The presentation can be found at http://www.dataio.com under the selections of Company, Investor Relations, Webcasts and Presentations and the item Investor Presentation May 2011 or use the below url: 

http://www.dataio.com/Company/InvestorRelations/WebcastsandPresentations.aspx

 

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.

 

                                                                Data I/O Corporation

 

 

May 17, 2011                                         By /s/Joel S. Hatlen

                                                                Joel S. Hatlen

                                                                Vice President - Finance

                                                                Chief Financial Officer

                                                                Secretary and Treasurer