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):  September 8, 2011

 

AMERICAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Massachusetts

 

1-6549

 

04-2240991

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

829 Middlesex Turnpike,

Billerica, Massachusetts

 

01821

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (978) 262-8700

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨    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))

 

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

 

The annual meeting of stockholders of American Science and Engineering, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on September 8, 2011 (the “2011 Annual Meeting”). At the 2011 Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company voted on the following proposals:

 

1. To elect the persons named in the Company’s proxy statement to serve as directors of the Company until the 2012 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. Each nominee for director was elected by a vote of the stockholders as follows:

 

Name

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Denis R. Brown

 

6,936,120

 

108,602

 

1,555,643

 

Anthony R. Fabiano

 

6,874,652

 

170,070

 

1,555,643

 

John A. Gordon

 

6,944,993

 

99,729

 

1,555,643

 

Hamilton W. Helmer

 

6,659,347

 

385,375

 

1,555,643

 

Don R. Kania

 

6,884,302

 

160,420

 

1,555,643

 

Ernest J. Moniz

 

6,940,934

 

103,788

 

1,555,643

 

Mark S. Thompson

 

6,863,046

 

181,676

 

1,555,643

 

Carl W. Vogt

 

6,720,384

 

324,338

 

1,555,643

 

 

2. To approve a non-binding, advisory proposal on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement. The proposal was approved by a vote of stockholders as follows:

 

For:

 

6,522,462

Against:

 

126,036

Abstain:

 

396,224

Broker Non-Votes:

 

1,555,643

 

3. The stockholders recommended, in a non-binding, advisory vote, that future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers be held every year. The stockholders voted as follows:

 

1 Year

 

5,751,270

2 Years

 

28,867

3 Years

 

940,694

Abstain

 

323,891

Broker Non-Votes:

 

1,555,643

 

In accordance with the voting results of  this item, and the Board of Directors’ prior recommendation in favor of an annual advisory stockholder vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, the

 

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Company’s Board of Directors intends to hold future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every year, commencing with the Company’s 2012 annual meeting of stockholders.

 

4. To ratify the selection of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending March 31, 2012. The selection was ratified by a vote of stockholders as follows:

 

For:

 

8,048,119

Against:

 

491,993

Abstain:

 

60,253

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

 

AMERICAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, INC.

 

 

Date: September 9, 2011

By:

/s/ Kenneth J. Galaznik

 

 

 

 

 

Kenneth J. Galaznik

 

 

Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer

 

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