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)

May 27, 2015

POLYCOM, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(408) 586-6000

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:

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 of Polycom, Inc. (“Polycom” or “the Company”) held on May 27, 2015 (the “Annual Meeting”), the stockholders of Polycom voted on and approved an amendment and restatement of Polycom’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”) primarily to (1) add 5,600,000 shares to the total number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the plan, (2) provide additional flexibility to set the length of performance periods up to four years, (3) provide for aggregate grant date fair value limits applicable to all awards that may be granted to a participant in any fiscal year, rather than a limit to the number of shares subject to awards based on award types, and (4) make other clarifying changes. The terms and conditions of the 2011 Plan are described in Polycom’s Proxy Statement dated April 15, 2015 (the “Proxy Statement”). The 2011 Plan is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is hereby incorporated by reference.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

As previously disclosed, the Board of Directors of the Company approved an amendment on March 2, 2015 to Section 3.2 of the Bylaws of the Company to reduce the size of the Board of Directors from eight to seven members, to be effective immediately prior to the Annual Meeting. A copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Polycom, Inc. is filed as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The information contained in Item 5.02 above is hereby incorporated by reference. At the Annual Meeting, proxies representing 125,361,705 shares of common stock, or approximately 93% of the total eligible voting shares, were present and voted on the four proposals presented at the Annual Meeting as follows:

Proposal One – Election of Directors

The table below presents the voting results of the election of seven directors to Polycom’s Board of Directors by the Company’s stockholders:

Proposal Two – Approval of Amendment and Restatement of Polycom’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan

Polycom’s stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of Polycom’s 2011 Plan by the following votes:

Proposal Three – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

Polycom’s stockholders approved, by a non-binding advisory vote, Polycom’s executive compensation by the following votes:

Proposal Four – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Polycom’s stockholders also ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 by the following votes:

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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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.

Date: June 1, 2015

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