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): July 28, 2016
VISCOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada | 000-49746 | 88-0498181 | ||
(State of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
4585 Tillicum Street, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5J 5K9
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
(604) 327-9446
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
On July 28, 2016, Viscount Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). There were holders of the Company’s securities entitled to 185,821,549 votes of the Company represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting approximately 79% of the voting rights of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, Series A Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share and Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share of the Company on June 22, 2016, the record date for the Annual Meeting.
The matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the final results of such voting are set forth below:
Proposal 1: To elect Ambassador Ned Siegel and Alexander Buehler as directors, each to hold office until the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his successor is elected and qualified:
Nominee | Shares Voted For | Shares Abstaining | ||||||
Ambassador Ned Siegel | 118,548,806 | 8,686,395 | ||||||
Alexander Buehler | 117,970,426 | 9,264,775 |
Proposal 2: To ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors of Marcum LLP as the Company’s registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016.
Shares Voted For | Shares Against | Shares Abstaining | Broker Non-Votes For | |||||||||||
150,358,299 | 2,294,187 | 21,991 | 33,147,072 |
Proposal 3: To ratify an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, to increase the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company authorized for issuance by 2,700,000,000 shares from 300,000,000 shares to 3,000,000,000 shares.
Shares Voted For | Shares Against | Shares Abstaining | Broker Non-Votes For | |||||||||||
128,049,852 | 24,047,143 | 577,481 | 33,147,073 |
Proposal 4: To conduct a non-binding advisory vote on the 2015 executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
Shares Voted For | Shares Against | Shares Abstaining | ||||||||
117,500,522 | 9,319,734 | 414,945 |
Proposal 5: To conduct a vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation.
Three Years | Two Years | One Year | Shares Abstaining | |||||||||||
116,158,319 | 7,465,417 | 3,340,320 | 261,145 |
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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.
VISCOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. | ||
Dated: August 3, 2016 | By: | /s/ Scott Sieracki |
Name: | Scott Sieracki | |
Title: | Interim Chief Executive Officer |
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