UNITED STATES
 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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):  May 22, 2014
 
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MICREL, INCORPORATED
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 
California
 
001-34020
 
94-2526744
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
2180 Fortune Drive, San Jose, California, 95131
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(408) 944-0800
(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 Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
Micrel, Incorporated (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders on May 22, 2014.
 
Set forth below are the number of votes cast for or against or withheld and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes and results with respect to each proposal voted upon at the meeting.
 
 
Proposal No. 1:  The following individuals were elected at the annual meeting to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the 2015 annual meeting and until their successors are duly elected and qualified:

 
Nominees
 
Voted
For
 
Authority Withheld
 
Broker 
Non-Votes
Raymond D. Zinn
 
50,891,628

 
1,298,039

 
3,317,217

John E. Bourgoin
 
51,253,139

 
936,528

 
3,317,217

Michael J. Callahan
 
42,768,201

 
9,421,466

 
3,317,217

Daniel Heneghan
 
42,475,844

 
9,713,823

 
3,317,217

Neil J. Miotto
 
42,768,201

 
9,421,466

 
3,317,217

Frank W. Schneider
 
42,577,899

 
9,611,768

 
3,317,217



Proposal No. 2:  The proposal to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014 was approved.

Voted For
 
Voted Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
54,119,035
 
1,053,089
 
334,760
 


Proposal No. 3:  The proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers as described in the proxy statement, was approved.

Voted For
 
Voted Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
51,082,238
 
765,395
 
342,034
 
3,317,217


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SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
 

Date:  May 23, 2014
MICREL, INCORPORATED
 
 
 
 
 
 
By: 
/s/ Robert E. DeBarr
 
 
Name: 
Robert E. DeBarr
 
 
Title:  
Vice President, Finance and Human Resources
 
 
 
& Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 






 
                            
 

                                                             
 



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