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): NOVEMBER 17, 2011
 
GLOBECOMM SYSTEMS INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION)
     
000-22839   11-3225567
     
(COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)   (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
45 Oser Avenue
Hauppauge, New York 11788

(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
(631) 231-9800
(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 Matter to a Vote of Security Holders.
     On November 17, 2011 Globecomm Systems (the “Registrant”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting our stockholders: 1) elected eight directors to serve as directors of the Registrant until the next annual meeting or until their respective successors shall have been elected and qualified; 2) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012; 3) approved by an advisory (non-binding) vote, the executive compensation of the Registrant’s named executive officers; and 4) recommended by an advisory (non-binding) vote, that the frequency of holding a (non-binding) vote on the executive compensation of the Registrant’s named executive officers should be held annually.
     The following proposals were voted on at the Annual Meeting with the following results:
Proposal 1. To elect eight directors.
                         
    Shares     Shares     Broker  
Name   For     Withheld     Non-Votes  
Richard E. Caruso
    10,352,796       688,694       2,543,147  
Keith A. Hall
    10,647,007       394,483       2,543,147  
David E. Hershberg
    10,646,807       394,683       2,543,147  
Harry L. Hutcherson, Jr.
    10,607,819       433,671       2,543,147  
Brian T. Maloney
    10,252,570       788,920       2,543,147  
Jack A. Shaw
    10,567,985       473,505       2,543,147  
A. Robert Towbin
    10,306,094       735,396       2,543,147  
C. J. Waylan
    10,502,273       539,217       2,543,147  
Proposal 2. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012.
                 
Shares   Shares     Shares  
For   Against     Abstaining  
13,068,859
    505,652       10,126  
Proposal 3. Advisory (non-binding) vote on executive compensation.
                         
Shares   Shares     Shares     Broker  
For   Against     Abstaining     Non-Votes  
10,127,212
    300,511       613,767       2,543,147  
Proposal 4. Advisory (non-binding) vote, regarding the frequency of holding a (non-binding) vote on the executive compensation of the Registrant’s named executive officers.
                         
                    Shares  
1 Year   2 Years     3 Years     Abstaining  
6,262,708
    64,834       4,149,550       564,398  


 

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.
         
  Globecomm Systems Inc.
(Registrant)
 
 
  By:   /s/ Andrew C. Melfi    
    Name:   Andrew C. Melfi   
Dated: November 21, 2011    Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)