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 10, 2014

 

OCULUS INNOVATIVE SCIENCES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-33216   68-0423298
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)

 

1129 N. McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, CA   94954
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(707) 283-0550

(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.

 

The 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was held on September 10, 2014. Proxies were solicited pursuant to the Company’s proxy statement filed on July 29, 2014 with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

The number of shares of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote at the 2014 Annual Meeting was 8,475,265. The number of shares of common stock present or represented by valid proxy at the 2014 Annual Meeting was 6,256,953. Each share of common stock was entitled to one vote with respect to matters submitted to the Company’s stockholders at the 2014 Annual Meeting.

 

At the 2014 Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders were asked (i) to elect one Class III director, nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors, to serve until the 2017 Annual Meeting or until his successor is duly elected and qualified; (ii) to consider and vote on whether to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014; (iii) to ratify the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015. The voting results reported below are final.

 

Proposal 1 Election of Class III Director

 

Jerry McLaughlin was duly elected as the Company’s Class III director. The results of the election were as follows:

 

NOMINEE FOR WITHHELD
Jerry McLaughlin 932,856 648,341

 

Proposal 2 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

 

FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
804,651 739,185 37,361

 

Proposal 3 – Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015 was ratified. The results of the ratification were as follows:

 

FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES
5,795,093 272,586 189,274 0

 

Based on the results of the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors will be reviewing the Company’s 2014 compensation policies and practices to consider the input received from the Company’s stockholders.

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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.

 

  Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc.
  (Registrant)
   
Date: September 12, 2014  
  /s/ Robert Miller
  Name:  Robert Miller
  Title:    Chief Financial Officer 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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