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): August 9, 2011


Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 

001-10255

 

94-2904044

(State of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer ID No.)


6900 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont, California 94555 ph: (510) 713-7300

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code)


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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On August 9, 2011, at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), the stockholders approved an amendment to the Company's 2008 Equity Plan (the “Plan”) to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock available for issuance by an additional 1,400,000 and, at the same time reapprove, for tax purposes, the performance objectives for awards intended to qualify for deductibility under Section 162(m) of the US tax code.

A summary of the terms and conditions of the Plan (“Plan Summary”) is included in Proposal 3 of the Company’s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2011 (“Proxy Statement”). The summary is qualified in all respects by the full text of the Plan, which is attached to the Proxy Statement as Exhibit A.  The Plan Summary and the Plan are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

At the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders, held on August 9, 2011, the vote on the matters submitted to the stockholders was as follows:

1.

The nominees for election to the Board of Directors as Class III Directors were elected to serve until the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:

Nominee Name     

    Votes For    

  Votes Withheld  

  Broker Non-Votes  

Frederick D. D’Alessio

18,521,738

103,255

7,711,998

C. Nicholas Keating, Jr.

18,558,997

65,996

7,711,998


2.

The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 30, 2012 was approved:

Votes for approval

26,234,148

Votes against

90,145

Abstentions

12,698

There were no broker non-votes for this proposal.

3.

The proposal to amend the Company's 2008 Equity Plan to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock available for issuance by an additional 1,400,000 and, at the same time reapprove, for tax purposes, the performance objectives for awards intended to qualify for deductibility under Section 162(m) of the US tax code was approved:

Votes for approval

14,509,482

Votes against

4,100,860

Abstentions

14,651

Broker Non-votes

7,711,998


4.

The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the fiscal 2011 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved:

Votes for approval

18,281,199

Votes against

297,344

Abstentions

46,450

Broker Non-votes

7,711,998


5.

The proposal to select, on an advisory basis, the frequency of a stockholder vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers resulted in a frequency of “every year” receiving the highest vote:

Votes for every 3 years

2,313,817

Votes for every 2 years

65,355

Votes for every year

16,209,194

Abstentions

36,627


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.


Date: August 11, 2011

 

 

 

Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.

 

 

By:

 /s/ DAVID WAGENSELLER

Name:

David Wagenseller

Title:

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer