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 1, 2011

 

CALLIDUS SOFTWARE INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

000-50463

 

77-0438629

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

6200 Stoneridge Mall Road, Suite 500
Pleasanton, CA

 

94588

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(925) 251-2200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 


 

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Item 5.07.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Callidus Software Inc., (the “Company”) held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Annual Meeting”) on June 1, 2011.  As of the record date, April 4, 2011, 33,567,518 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.  A total of 29,158,355 shares of Company common stock, constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

 

In accordance with the Company’s definitive proxy statement dated April 15, 2011 (“Proxy Statement”), at the meeting stockholders were requested to: (i) elect two (2) Class II members to the board of directors; (ii) ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for fiscal year 2011; (iii) approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement; and (iv) indicate their preference, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation.  The final results of the voting by the Company’s stockholders are as follows:

 

1.               Proposal 1: Election of Class II directors.  Each of the two (2) directors nominated for election by the Company’s board of directors as Class II directors to hold office for three (3) year terms ending immediately prior to the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders were elected.  The voting results were as follows:

 

Director

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Abstentions and Broker
Non-Votes

 

William B. Binch

 

23,258,902

 

181,741

 

5,717,712

 

Michele Vion

 

23,243,260

 

197,383

 

5,717,712

 

 

2.               Proposal 2: Appointment of Independent Auditors.  The ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for fiscal year 2011 was approved.  The voting results were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

29,090,705

 

56,355

 

11,295

 

0

 

 

3.               Proposal 3: Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers.  The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as set forth in the Proxy Statement.  The voting results were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

23,104,704

 

118,311

 

217,628

 

5,717,712

 

 

4.               Proposal 4: Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation.  The Company’s stockholders indicated their preference, on an advisory basis, that an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers be held every one year.  The voting results were as follows:

 

1 Year

 

2 Years

 

3 Years

 

Abstain

 

20,814,212

 

1,374,033

 

1,033,297

 

219,101

 

 

In accordance with the results of this advisory vote, we intend to hold future advisory “say on pay” votes annually until we next hold an advisory vote on the frequency of advisory “say on pay” votes.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

 

 

CALLIDUS SOFTWARE INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

June 6, 2011

 

By:

/s/ V. Holly Albert

 

 

Name:

V. Holly Albert

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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