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): September 3, 2013
NeoMedia Technologies, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 0-21743 | 36-3680347 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 100 West Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 9, Boulder, Colorado | 80302 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) | |
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | (303) 546-7946 | |
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. |
On September 3, 2013, NeoMedia Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Meeting”), with part of the meeting continuing in recess until September 23, 2013. At the Meeting, four (4) of the six (6) scheduled proposals were submitted for a vote of the Company’s stockholders and the related results are as follows:
Proposal No. 1: The election of Laura A. Marriott, George G. O’Leary, Sarah Fay and Peter Mannetti for terms until the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders or until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. The stockholders elected the four (4) directors by the following votes:
| Director | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Against | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
| Laura A. Marriott | 2,217,966,782 | 472,229,874 | 0 | 725,169,548 | ||||||||||||
| George G. O’Leary | 2,219,782,080 | 470,414,576 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sarah Fay | 2,251,935,306 | 438,261,350 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Mannetti | 2,261,734,817 | 428,461,839 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Proposal No. 2: The approval of a non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as described in the “Executive and Director Compensation” section and compensation tables and narrative disclosure of the Company’s Proxy Statement. The stockholders approved the non-binding advisory resolution on executive compensation by the following votes:
| Votes For | 2,073,108,954 | |||
| Votes Against | 531,617,520 | |||
| Abstentions | 85,470,182 | |||
| Broker Non-Votes | 725,169,548 |
Proposal No. 3: The approval of a non-binding resolution regarding the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers which could be held every year, every two (2) years or every three (3) years. The stockholders approved the non-binding advisory resolution regarding the frequency of future votes on executive compensation every three (3) years as follows:
| 1 Year | 632,963,144 | |||
| 2 Years | 79,757,373 | |||
| 3 Years | 1,807,899,539 | |||
| Abstentions | 169,576,600 |
The Company has decided to set the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at every three (3) years going forward.
Proposal No. 4: The stockholders ratified StarkSchenkein, LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm by the following votes:
| Votes For | 2,973,418,348 | |||
| Votes Against | 332,653,597 | |||
| Abstentions | 109,294,259 |
The Company recessed the Meeting until Monday, September 23, 2013.
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.
| NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Barry S. Baer | |
| Barry S. Baer | ||
| Chief Financial Officer |
Date: September 6, 2013