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): October 4, 2018

 

 

MIMECAST LIMITED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Bailiwick of Jersey   001-37637   Not Applicable

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

CityPoint, One Ropemaker Street, Moorgate

London EC2Y 9AW

United Kingdom, EC2Y9AW

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(781) 996-5340 Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address if changed since last report)

 

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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

On October 4, 2018, Mimecast Limited, a company organized under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Channel Islands (the “Company”), held its 2018 annual general meeting (“AGM”) of shareholders. There were 60,042,667 outstanding ordinary shares entitled to vote at the AGM as of October 2, 2018, the voting record date. At the AGM, the matters on which the shareholders voted, in person or by proxy were to:

 

  1.

re-elect Peter Bauer as a Class III Director of the Company;

 

  2.

re-elect Jeffrey Lieberman as a Class III Director of the Company;

 

  3.

re-elect Hagi Schwartz as a Class III Director of the Company;

 

  4.

appoint Ernst & Young LLP in the United Kingdom as auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of the AGM until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2019;

 

  5.

authorise the Board of Directors of the Company to determine the remuneration of the auditors;

 

  6.

receive the Company’s accounts for the year ended March 31, 2018 together with the directors’ report and the auditors’ report on those accounts;

 

  7.

approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement delivered to shareholders; and

 

  8.

approve the submission by the Company of a non-binding, advisory say-on-pay resolution pursuant to Section 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, every (a) one year, (b) two years, or (c) three years.

The results of the voting were as follows:

Election of Directors:

 

Director

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

Peter Bauer   42,336,782   497,626   10,432   7,704,550
Jeffrey Lieberman   41,592,305   1,241,708   10,827   7,704,550
Hagi Schwartz   42,446,719   387,338   10,783   7,704,550

Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

50,534,476   2,796   12,118   0

 

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Authorisation to Determine Remuneration of Auditors:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

50,499,483   26,862   23,045   0

Receipt of Company’s Accounts for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2018:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

50,500,966   5,926   42,498   0

Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

42,395,558   375,637   73,645   7,704,550

Approve the Frequency of the Say-on-Pay Resolution:

 

One Year

 

Two Years

 

Three Years

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

41,860,014   421,305   428,208   135,313   7,704,550

Following the AGM, (i) Aron Ain and Stephen Ward continue to serve as Class I Directors of the Company and their term expires at the annual general meeting to be held in 2019; and (ii) Christopher FitzGerald and Neil Murray continue to serve as Class II Directors of the Company and their term expires at the annual general meeting to be held in 2020.

As disclosed above, at the AGM the Company’s shareholders voted on a non-binding, advisory resolution regarding the frequency of future advisory resolutions on named executive officer compensation. The Company’s shareholders voted for an advisory resolution on named executive officer compensation to be held every year, consistent with the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors. In response to the voting results and other factors, the Company’s Board of Directors determined on October 5, 2018 that the Company will hold an advisory resolution on named executive officer compensation every year. The Company will continue to hold advisory resolutions on named executive officer compensation every year until the Company’s Board of Directors decides to hold the next shareholder advisory resolution on the frequency of advisory resolutions, which shall be no later than the Company’s annual general meeting to be held in 2024.

 

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SIGNATURE

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.

 

    MIMECAST LIMITED
Dated: October 9, 2018     By:        /s/ Robert P. Nault                                
          Robert P. Nault
     

    Senior Vice President and General

    Counsel

 

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