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
May 27, 2015
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
SILVER SPRING NETWORKS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-35828 | 43-1966972 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission file number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
555 Broadway Street, Redwood City, California 94063
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(650) 839-4000
(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. |
Silver Spring Networks, Inc. (“Silver Spring”) held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 27, 2015 (the “Annual Meeting”). Proxies for the Annual Meeting were solicited pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The matters described below were voted on at the Annual Meeting and the number of votes cast with respect to each matter was as indicated:
| (a) | Holders of Silver Spring’s common stock voted to elect two Class II directors, each to serve until his successor has been elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal as follows: |
| Name |
For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Jonathan Schwartz |
25,173,157 | 10,779,100 | 8,023,246 | |||||||||
| Peter Van Camp |
35,113,181 | 839,076 | 8,023,246 | |||||||||
| (b) | Holders of Silver Spring’s common stock voted to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Silver Spring’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 as follows: |
| Shares Voted in Favor: |
43,408,792 | |||
| Shares Voted Against: |
21,499 | |||
| Shares Abstaining: |
545,212 | |||
| Broker Non-Votes: |
0 |
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.
| SILVER SPRING NETWORKS, INC. | ||||||||
| Date: June 2, 2015 | By: | /s/ Richard S. Arnold, Jr. | ||||||
| Name: | Richard S. Arnold, Jr. | |||||||
| Title: | General Counsel and Secretary | |||||||