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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)
April 24, 2015 
 

Active Power, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 
Delaware
000-30939
74-2961657
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 

2128 W. Braker Lane, BK 12, Austin, Texas
 
78758
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

(512) 836-6464
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(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 2.02.
Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On April 28, 2015, Active Power, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release reporting its preliminary financial results for its fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2015.  A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated into this Item 2.02 by reference.

Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of the Company held on April 24, 2015, the Company’s stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) to add 3,000,000 shares to the total number of shares of the Company’s common stock reserved for issuance under the Plan (the “Plan Amendment”). The Board of Directors of the Company had approved the Plan Amendment on February 13, 2015, subject to stockholder approval.
 
The terms and conditions of the Plan and the effect of the Plan Amendment are more fully described in Active Power’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2015 (the "Definitive Proxy Statement"). The description of the Plan contained in this Current Report is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
A total of 20,739,197 shares of the Company’s common stock were present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, representing approximately 90% of the Company’s shares outstanding as of the March 2, 2015 record date. The matters submitted for a vote and the related results are set forth below. A more detailed description of each proposal is set forth in the Definitive Proxy Statement. In addition, the information contained in Item 5.02 above is hereby incorporated by reference.

Proposal 1: Election of Directors. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company elected the following individuals as Class III Directors to serve until the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

Nominee
Votes For
Votes
Withheld
Broker
Non-Votes
James E. J. deVenny III
14,574,577

356,856

5,807,764

Robert S. Greenberg
14,770,852

160,581

5,807,764

Peter Gross
14,594,163

337,270

5,807,764

 
The stockholders of the Company also elected the following individual as a Class II Director to serve on the Board of Directors until the Company’s 2017 Annual Meeting, or until his successor is duly elected and qualified.

Nominee
Votes For
Votes
Withheld
Broker
Non-Votes
Ake Almgren
14,593,477

337,956

5,807,764


Proposal 2:  Non-Binding Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Officer Compensation. A non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved based upon the following votes:

Votes for
13,220,332

Votes against
344,879

Abstentions
1,366,222

Broker Non-Votes
5,807,764







Proposal 3: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. A proposal to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 was approved based upon the following votes:

Votes for
20,598,873

Votes against
56,649

Abstentions
83,675

 
Proposal 4: Approval of Amendment and Restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan and the Material Terms of the Performance Goals Thereunder.  A proposal to amend and restate the Company’s 2010 Equity Incentive Plan and approve the material terms of the performance goals thereunder was approved based upon the following votes:

Votes for
12,954,841

Votes against
1,911,472

Abstentions
65,120

Broker Non-Votes
5,807,764


Proposal 5: To Amend our Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Declassify our Board of Directors. A proposal to declassify the Company’s Board of Directors was not approved based upon the following votes:

Votes for
14,843,050

Votes against
65,775

Abstentions
22,608

Broker Non-Votes
5,807,764



Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibits.

Exhibit No.
Description
10.1

Active Power, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.
99.1

Press Release of Active Power, Inc. dated April 28, 2015.





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.

 
ACTIVE POWER, INC.
 
 
Date:  April 28, 2015
By: /s/ James A. Powers
 
James A. Powers
 
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
Active Power, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.
99.1
Press Release of Active Power, Inc. dated April 28, 2015.