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EX-10.66 - APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 2011 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN - APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPdex1066.htm

 

 

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): August 16, 2011

 

 

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   000-23193   94-2586591

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

215 Moffett Park Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(408) 542-8600
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K 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 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 27, 2011, the Board of Directors of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (the “Company”) approved the Company’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”) and directed that the matter be submitted to the Company’s stockholders for their approval and adoption. On August 16, 2011, the Company held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the proposal to approve and adopt the 2011 Plan. A copy of the 2011 Plan is filed as Exhibit 10.66 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

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

As noted, on August 16, 2011, the Company held its Annual Meeting. Proxies for the Annual Meeting were solicited by the Company’s Board of Directors pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and there was no solicitation in opposition to the Board’s solicitation. Of the 64.3 million outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock that could be voted at the Annual Meeting, 60.5 million shares, or approximately 94%, were represented at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, which constituted a quorum. The final votes on the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

Proposal 1:

  Election of the following persons to the Company’s Board of Directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders:  

 

   

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-Votes

Cesar Cesaratto

  51,911,521   559,084   14,627   8,024,685

H.K. Desai

  52,138,817   329,830   16,585   8,024,685

Paramesh Gopi, Ph.D.

  51,994,992   475,692   14,548   8,024,685

Paul R. Gray, Ph.D.

  51,897,632   572,024   15,576   8,024,685

Fred Shlapak

  51,940,474   527,994   16,764   8,024,685

Arthur B. Stabenow

  51,729,862   739,495   15,875   8,024,685

 

Proposal 2:

  Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012:  

 

    

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-Votes

       
    60,363,378   72,428   74,111          


Proposal 3:

 

Adoption and approval of the Applied Micro Circuits Corporation 2011 Equity Incentive Plan:

 

 
   

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-Votes

       
  35,827,326   16,643,213   14,693   8,024,685    

 

Proposal 4:

 

Advisory vote on executive compensation, as described in the Proxy Statement distributed in connection with the Annual Meeting:

 

 
   

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-Votes

       
  51,383,973   1,083,109   18,150   8,024,685    

 

Proposal 5:

 

Advisory vote on the frequency of future shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation:

 

 
   

1 Year

 

2 Year

 

3 Year

 

Abstain

       
  49,340,627   93,818   3,029,464   21,323    

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

 

10.66    Applied Micro Circuits Corporation 2011 Equity Incentive Plan


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.

 

    APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION
Date: August 22, 2011     By:  

/s/ L. William Caraccio

      L. William Caraccio
      Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

10.66    Applied Micro Circuits Corporation 2011 Equity Incentive Plan