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 30, 2013

IXYS Corporation
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 000-26124 77-0140882
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
1590 Buckeye Drive, Milpitas, California   95035
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   408-457-9000

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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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 August 30, 2013, the stockholders of IXYS Corporation (“IXYS”) approved the Company’s 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), under which 2,000,000 shares of IXYS Common Stock are reserved for incentives to employees, including executive officers, directors and consultants. A description of the terms of the Plan is set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2013.

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

The 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of IXYS was held on August 30, 2013.

The final results for each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:  

Each of the directors proposed by IXYS for election was elected by the following votes to serve until IXYS’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his respective successor has been elected and qualified. The voting results were as follows:

                                 
Director Name
  Votes For   Votes Withheld   Broker Non-Votes   Uncast
Donald L. Feucht
    26,260,069       681,612       1,486,900       0  
Samuel Kory
    22,777,905       4,163,776       1,486,900       0  
S. Joon Lee
    26,098,285       843,396       1,486,900       0  
Timothy Richardson
    26,477,173       464,508       1,486,900       0  
James M. Thorburn
    26,854,815       86,866       1,486,900       0  
Kenneth D. Wong
    26,470,903       470,778       1,486,900       0  
Nathan Zommer
    26,299,731       641,950       1,486,900       0  

The stockholders approved the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan. The voting results were as follows:

                                 
 
       
Votes For
  Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes   Uncast
22,975,806
    3,861,032       104,843       1,486,900       0  

The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of IXYS’s named executive officers. The voting results were as follows:

                                 
 
       
Votes For
  Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes   Uncast
26,436,090
    368,991       136,600       1,486,900       0  

The stockholders ratified the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as IXYS’s independent public registered accounting firm for IXYS’s fiscal year ending March 31, 2014. The voting results were as follows:

                         
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Uncast
27,699,983
    677,077       51,521       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.

         
    IXYS Corporation
          
September 4, 2013   By:   /s/ Uzi Sasson
       
        Name: Uzi Sasson
        Title: President