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 24, 2012 |
IXYS Corporation
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-26124 | 77-0140882 |
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_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction |
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______________ (I.R.S. Employer |
| of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
| 1590 Buckeye Drive, Milpitas, California | 95035 | |
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_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices) |
___________ (Zip Code) |
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | 408-457-9000 |
Not Applicable
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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.
The 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of IXYS Corporation (“IXYS”) was held on August 24, 2012.
The final results for each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:
Each of the directors proposed by IXYS for election was elected by the following votes to serve until IXYS’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his respective successor has been elected and qualified. The voting results were as follows:
Director Name |
Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
Donald L. Feucht |
27,105,789 | 640,586 | 1,575,350 | |||||||||
Samuel Kory |
26,272,980 | 1,473,395 | 1,575,350 | |||||||||
S. Joon Lee |
26,920,549 | 825,826 | 1,575,350 | |||||||||
Timothy A. Richardson |
26,246,249 | 1,500,126 | 1,575,350 | |||||||||
James M. Thorburn |
27,689,835 | 56,540 | 1,575,350 | |||||||||
Kenneth D. Wong |
26,256,384 | 1,489,991 | 1,575,350 | |||||||||
Nathan Zommer |
27,117,136 | 629,239 | 1,575,350 | |||||||||
The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of IXYS’s named executive officers. The voting results were as follows:
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Votes For
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Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
27,104,417
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530,915 | 111,043 | 1,575,350 | |||||||||
The stockholders ratified the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as IXYS’s independent public registered accounting firm for IXYS’s fiscal year ending March 31, 2013. The voting results were as follows:
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Votes For
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Votes Against | Abstentions | Not Voted | |||||||||
28,675,565
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638,179 | 7,981 | 2,069,380 | |||||||||
SIGNATURES
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.
| IXYS Corporation | ||||
| August 29, 2012 | By: |
/s/ Nathan Zommer
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| Name: Nathan Zommer | ||||
| Title: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | ||||