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)

February 21, 2013

 

 

SPAN-AMERICA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.     

 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

South Carolina

0-11392

57-0525804

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

File Number)

Identification No.)

              

 

70 Commerce Center, Greenville, South Carolina

29615

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code  

(864) 288-8877 

 

N/A

(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

 

 

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on February 21, 2013.  At this meeting, Robert H. Dick, James D. Ferguson and Robert B. Johnston were elected as directors to three-year terms expiring in 2016.  The voting details are as follows:

 

Nominee

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

Robert H. Dick

1,521,305

16,257

0

798,783

James D. Ferguson

1,521,305

16,257

0

798,783

Robert B. Johnston

1,521,305

16,257

0

798,783

 

Richard C. Coggins, Thomas F. Grady, Jr. and Dan R. Lee continued in office as directors with terms expiring in 2014.  Guy R. Guarch, Thomas D. Henrion and Linda D. Norman continued in office as directors with terms expiring in 2015. 

 

            The Company held a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation, commonly referred to as a “say-on-pay” vote, in which the Company’s shareholders were asked to approve the compensation of the Company’s executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table in the proxy statement for the meeting, as disclosed in the proxy statement pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (which disclosure included the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the executive compensation tables and the related footnotes and narrative accompanying the tables).  The voting details are as follows:

 

Matter

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

Say-on-Pay

1,499,239

27,456

10,868

798,782

 

                Finally, the shareholders approved the selection of Elliott Davis, LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2013. The voting results are as follows:

 

Matter

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

Approve selection

of Elliott Davis, LLC

2,303,066

22,015

11,264

0

 

 
 

 

 

 

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.

 

SPAN-AMERICA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

(Registrant)

       

Date: February 28, 2013

By:

/s/ Richard C. Coggins

 
   

Richard C. Coggins

 
   

Chief Financial Officer