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): May 30, 2012

 

 

RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-33023   03-0448754

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

199 Fremont Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(415) 247-8800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

 

 

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

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Riverbed Technology, Inc. (“Riverbed” or the “Company”) held on May 30, 2012 (the “Annual Meeting”), the stockholders of Riverbed elected two (2) members of the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company or until such persons’ successors have been duly elected and qualified. The table below presents the voting results of the election of the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

Nominee

   Votes For    Votes Against    Abstentions*    Broker Non-
Votes*

Michael Boustridge

   127,276,348    1,854,743    43,349    18,459,639

Jerry M. Kennelly

   125,322,966    3,813,608    37,866    18,459,639

 

* Abstentions and broker non-votes do not affect the outcome of the election.

The following directors, in addition to Messrs. Boustridge and Kennelly, will continue to serve as members of the Company’s Board of Directors until the expiration of their respective terms or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified: Mark A. Floyd, Christopher J. Schaepe, James R. Swartz, Michael R. Kourey, Mark S. Lewis and Steven McCanne, Ph.D.

In addition, the following proposals were voted on and approved at the Annual Meeting.

 

     Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-
Votes
 

Proposal to ratify the appointment by the Board of Directors of the Company of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.

     146,676,016         872,697         85,366         0   

Proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the proxy statement.

     123,317,550         5,775,882         81,008         18,459,639   


SIGNATURES

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.

 

      RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Date: June 1, 2012     By:  

/s/ Brett Nissenberg

     

Brett Nissenberg

General Counsel and Senior Vice President of

Corporate and Legal Affairs