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

 

July 1, 2014

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

PEERLESS SYSTEMS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

0-21287

95-3732595

(State of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

1055 Washington Blvd. 8th Floor

Stamford, CT 06901

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(203) 350-0040

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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

 

Peerless Systems Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on July 1, 2014. A total of 2,138,063 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 78% of the shares outstanding and eligible to vote and constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by valid proxies at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (i) elected Timothy E. Brog, Matthew R. Dickman, Jeffrey A. Hammer and Gerald A. Stein as directors of the Company, (ii) ratified the selection of Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2015, and (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. The final results for these matters submitted were as follows:

 

Proposal 1:   All of the nominees for director were elected to serve until the next annual meeting or until their respective successors are elected, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

Director

 

For

   

Withhold

   

Broker Non-Vote

 

Timothy E. Brog

  694,767     28,828     1,414,468  

Matthew R. Dickman

  705,417     18,178     1,414,468  

Jeffrey A. Hammer

  705,117     18,478     1,414,468  

Gerald A. Stein

  706,025     17,570     1,414,468  

 

Proposal 2:   The appointment of Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2015 was ratified by the stockholders, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

 

For

   

Against

   

Abstain

 
  2,099,976     21,254     16,833  

 

 Proposal 3:   The Company's stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Company's Proxy Statement, by the votes set forth in the table below:

  

 

For

   

Against

   

Abstain

   

Broker Non-Vote

 
  589,673     120,272     13,650     1,414,468  

 

  

 

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.

 

 

PEERLESS SYSTEMS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  July 2, 2014

By:

/s/ Timothy E. Brog

 

 

 

Name:  Timothy E. Brog

 

 

 

Title:    Chief Executive Officer