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): December 15, 2016

 

 

UNILIFE CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 

001-34540

 

27-1049354

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

250 Cross Farm Lane, York, Pennsylvania

 

17406

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (717) 384-3400

Not Applicable

(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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 


 

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Unilife Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2016 Annual Meeting”) on December 15, 2016. At the 2016 Annual Meeting, the following proposals were submitted by the Company’s Board of Directors to a vote of the Company’s stockholders and the final results of the voting on each proposal are noted below.

Proposal No. 1 — The election of the persons named below as directors to hold office until our annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2017 and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

All director nominees were elected and the votes were cast as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name

  

Votes For

 

  

Votes Withheld

 

  

Broker Non-Votes

 

Jeff Carter

  

 

4,457,772

 

  

 

473,779

 

  

 

4,259,748

  

John C. Ryan

  

 

4,511,381

 

  

 

420,170

 

  

 

4,259,748

  

Harry A. Hamill

  

 

4,540,058

 

  

 

391,493

 

  

 

4,259,748

  

John Lund

  

 

4,374,643

 

  

 

556,908

 

  

 

4,259,748

  

Mary Katherine Wold

  

 

4,434,929

 

  

 

496,622

 

  

 

4,259,748

  

Michael E. Kamarck

  

 

4,593,492

 

  

 

338,059

 

  

 

4,259,748

  

Rosemary A. Crane

 

 

4,566,847

 

  

 

364,704

 

  

 

4,259,748

 

Duane DeSisto

 

 

4,567,016

 

  

 

364,535

 

  

 

4,259,748

 

Proposal No. 2 — Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017.

The appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017 was ratified and the votes were cast as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

8,857,619

 

203,735

 

129,945

 

-

Proposal No. 3 — Advisory vote regarding the approval of compensation paid to certain executive officers.

The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved, on an advisory basis, and the votes were cast as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

3,452,191

 

1,295,733

 

183,627

 

4,259,748

Proposal No. 4 — Approval of an amendment to the Unilife Corporation Amended and Restated 2009 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance under such Plan by 2,376,837 shares.

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An amendment to the Unilife Corporation Amended and Restated 2009 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance under such Plan by 2,376,837 shares was approved and the votes were cast as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

3,390,940

 

1,459,522

 

81,089

 

4,259,748

 

 


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unilife Corporation

 

 

 

 

Date: December 16, 2016

 

 

 

By:

 

  /s/ John Ryan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:  John Ryan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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