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): June 16, 2016

 

UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORTION

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Pennsylvania

1-12031

23-2372688

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

375 Phillips Boulevard,

Ewing, NJ

 

08618

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (609) 671-0980

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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

 

(a)The Company held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 16, 2016.

 

(b)The number of votes represented at the annual meeting, in person or by proxy, was 43,059,575. In determining this number, abstentions and shares held by brokers who have notified us that they lack voting authority with respect to any matter (referred to herein as “broker non-votes”) were deemed present for quorum purposes. The matters voted upon at the annual meeting and the results of the vote on each such matter are set forth below:

 

1.  Election of Directors.  

 

 

Name

Votes FOR

Votes AGAINST

 

 

Abstentions

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

Steven V. Abramson

32,194,261

539,074

49,486

10,276,754

Leonard Becker

29,453,423

3,204,648

124,750

10,276,754

Richard C. Elias

31,972,639

747,953

62,229

10,276,754

Elizabeth H. Gemmill

29,328,918

3,392,104

61,799

10,276,754

Rosemarie B. Greco

29,923,653

2,795,969

63,199

10,276,754

C. Keith Hartley

28,982,312

3,738,670

61,839

10,276,754

Lawrence Lacerte

29,742,380

2,989,008

51,433

10,276,754

Sidney D. Rosenblatt

28,005,923

4,726,611

50,287

10,276,754

Sherwin I. Seligsohn

31,409,061

1,321,328

52,432

10,276,754

 

* Abstentions and broker non-votes were not considered votes “cast” with respect to the election of directors.

 

2.  Advisory resolution to approve compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

 

Votes FOR

Votes AGAINST

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

18,098,178

14,096,617

588,026

10,276,754

 

*Abstentions and broker non-votes were not considered votes “cast” on this proposal.

 

3.  Proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016.  

 

 

Votes FOR

Votes AGAINST

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

42,496,771

466,522

96,282

0

 

*Abstentions and broker non-votes were not considered votes “cast” on this proposal.

 

 


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.

 

 

 

Universal Display Corporation

 

 

 

 

Date: June 20, 2016

 

By:

/s/ Sidney D. Rosenblatt

 

 

 

Sidney D. Rosenblatt

 

 

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial

Officer, Treasurer and Secretary