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):
May 18, 2017

INVACARE CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Ohio
001-15103
95-2680965
(State or other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

One Invacare Way, Elyria, Ohio 44035
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(440) 329-6000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 18, 2017, Invacare Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”), at which the Company’s shareholders acted on proposals to: (1) elect seven directors to a one-year term that will expire at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2018; (2) ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s 2017 fiscal year; (3) approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and (4) vote, on an advisory basis, regarding the frequency of advisory votes on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, and whether they will occur every one, two or three years.
Each of the following nominees was elected to the board of directors for a one-year term of office expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2018 with respective votes as follows:
Nominees
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Susan H. Alexander
33,689,952

1,310,114

1,627,809

Marc M. Gibeley
33,582,966

1,417,100

1,627,809

C. Martin Harris, M.D.
31,430,534

3,569,532

1,627,809

Michael J. Merriman
33,578,898

1,421,168

1,627,809

Matthew E. Monaghan
33,583,415

1,416,651

1,627,809

Clifford D. Nastas
33,569,211

1,430,855

1,627,809

Baiju R. Shah
33,629,648

1,370,418

1,627,809

The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s 2017 fiscal year was approved with 36,284,120 votes for, 277,301 votes against and 66,454 votes abstained. There were no broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.
The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved with 33,478,835 votes for, 1,393,644 votes against, 127,587 votes abstained and 1,627,809 broker non-votes.
The proposal to vote, on an advisory basis, regarding the frequency of advisory votes on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, and whether they will occur every one, two or three years resulted in approval of holding the advisory vote every year with 29,348,718 votes for 1 year, 23,174 votes for 2 years, 5,540,661 votes for 3 years and 87,513 votes abstained.
Following the Annual Meeting, the Company determined that the advisory vote on the compensation of the named executive officers would be held every year until the next vote on the frequency of such advisory votes.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On May 18, 2017, the Company posted an updated Investor Presentation, dated May 18, 2017, on the Company’s website, http://www.invacare.com/investorrelations. The content of the Company’s website is not incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K.





SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
INVACARE CORPORATION
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
Date: May 19, 2017
By:
/s/ Anthony C. LaPlaca
 
Name:
Anthony C. LaPlaca
 
Title:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary