UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): November 5, 2015
Superconductor Technologies Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 0-21074 | 77-0158076 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
Commission File Number |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 9101 Wall Street, Suite 1300, Austin, TX | 78754 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (512) 334-8900
N/A
(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 |
On November 5, 2015, Superconductor Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). For more information about the proposals, see the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 29, 2015, the relevant portions of which are incorporated herein by reference.
At the Annual Meeting, stockholders representing 13,717,114 shares, or 75.35%, of the 18,203,689 shares of common stock outstanding on the record date of September 16, 2015 were present in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum for the purposes of the Annual Meeting. Below are the final voting results on each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders.
Proposal 1. The Company’s stockholders elected by a plurality of the votes cast the Class 2 director nominee to the board of directors, to serve until our 2018 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor has been elected, as follows:
| Director Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Lynn J. Davis |
5,792,432 | 333,457 | 7,592,225 | |||||||||
Proposal 2. The Company’s stockholders voted for amendment of our 2013 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance thereunder from 2,200,000 shares to 4,400,000 shares, as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 5,413,052 |
696,187 | 15,650 | 7,592,225 |
Proposal 3. The Company’s stockholders voted to ratify the appointment of Marcum LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2015 by at least a majority of shares present and entitled to vote, as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 12,508,462 |
730,378 | 478,274 | N/A |
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| Superconductor Technologies Inc. | ||||||
| Dated: November 12, 2015 | By: | /s/ WILLIAM J. BUCHANAN | ||||
| William J. Buchanan | ||||||
| Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||