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): December 19, 2013

 

AETRIUM INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     

Minnesota

0-22166

41-1439182

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

     

2350 Helen Street, North St. Paul, Minnesota

55109

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (651) 770-2000

 

N/A

(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.

 

The following matters were submitted to a vote of shareholders of Aetrium Incorporated (the “Company”) at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on December 19, 2013 (the “Annual Meeting”): (i) the election of five directors of the Company, each to serve until the annual meeting of shareholders in 2014 or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified; (ii) approval of an advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; (iii) approval of an advisory resolution on the frequency at which the Company should include an advisory vote regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and (iv) the ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013. Each director nominee was elected, the vote to set the frequency of the shareholder vote on executive compensation was for every one year, and each other matter submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting was approved by the requisite vote.

 

Set forth below is the number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as the number of broker non-votes and abstentions as to each such matter, including a separate tabulation with respect to each nominee for director, as applicable.

 

1.      Election of Directors.

 

Nominee

For

Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Jeffrey E. Eberwein

214,919

2,230

718,284

Richard K. Coleman, Jr.

175,172

41,977

718,284

Galen Vetter

214,929

2,220

718,284

Daniel M. Koch

174,482

42,667

718,284

Paul H. Askegaard

174,482

42,667

718,284

 

 

2.

Approval of an advisory resolution regarding the compensation of Company’s named executive officers.  

 

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

206,615

7,948

2,586

718,284

 

 
 

 

 

3.

Approval of an advisory resolution on the frequency at which the Company should include an advisory vote regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

1 Year

2 Year

3 Year

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

210,334

2,737

3,347

731

718,284

 

 

4.

Proposal to ratify Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013.

 

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

921,311

8,228

5,894

718,284

 

 
 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

Dated: December 20, 2013

AETRIUM INCORPORATED

   
 

By:

/s/ Paul H. Askegaard
   

Paul H. Askegaard

   

Treasurer