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 Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 12, 2012
Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware |
001-33522 |
20-2110031 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| Three Riverway, Suite 300 Houston, Texas |
77056 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
(713) 579-0600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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):
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. on December 12, 2012, eight directors were elected for terms expiring on the date of the annual meeting for the year ended June 30, 2013. As to each nominee for director, the results of the voting were as follows:
| Name of Nominee |
Number of Votes Voted For |
Number of Votes Withheld |
Number of Broker Non-Votes |
|||||||||
| Lorenzo Lamadrid |
31,583,993 | 1,589,135 | 9,207,101 | |||||||||
| Robert Rigdon |
32,789,337 | 383,791 | 9,207,101 | |||||||||
| Donald Bunnell |
32,790,237 | 382,891 | 9,207,101 | |||||||||
| Denis Slavich |
32,300,806 | 872,322 | 9,207,101 | |||||||||
| Harry Rubin |
32,297,206 | 875,922 | 9,207,101 | |||||||||
| Ziwang Xu |
32,786,937 | 386,191 | 9,207,101 | |||||||||
| Gao Feng |
32,784,437 | 386,191 | 9,207,101 | |||||||||
| Yang Guang |
32,786,937 | 386,191 | 9,207,101 | |||||||||
The result of the vote on the amendment of the Amended and Restated 2005 Incentive Plan, as amended, to increase the number of shares available under such Plan from 8,000,000 to 9,800,000 shares was as follows:
| Number of Votes |
Number of Votes |
Number of Votes |
Number of | |||
| 30,521,740 |
2,641,928 | 9,460 | 9,207,101 |
The result of the vote on the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm was as follows:
| Number of Votes |
Number of Votes |
Number of Votes |
Number of | |||
| 42,122,735 |
183,393 | 74,101 | 0 |
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. | ||||||
| Dated: December 13, 2012 | /s/ Robert Rigdon | |||||
| Robert Rigdon | ||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||