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): October 27, 2016

 

 

 

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 October 27, 2016, Superconductor Technologies Inc. (the "Company") held its 2016 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 20, 2016, the relevant portions of which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

At the Annual Meeting, stockholders representing 2,290,003 shares, or 69.9%, of the 3,276,782 shares of common stock outstanding on the record date of September 7, 2016 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 3 director nominee to the board of directors, to serve until our 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor has been elected and qualified, as follows:

 

Director Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes
Dan L. Halvorson 838,372 39,105 1,412,526

 

Proposal 2.      By the affirmative vote of a majority of the Company's stockholders present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote, the stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers, as follows:

 

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
780,303 79,296 17,878 1,412,526

 

Proposal 3.     The Company's stockholders voted to ratify the appointment of Marcum LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2016 by at least a majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote, as follows:

 

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
2,133,438 22,479 134,086       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: October 28, 2016 By: /s/ WILLIAM J. BUCHANAN  
    William J. Buchanan  
    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer