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): June 14, 2016

 

 

EXA CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-35584   04-3139906

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

55 Network Drive, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(781) 564-0200

(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.

The Company held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 14, 2016, at which two proposals were submitted to our stockholders. The holders of 11,133,440 shares of common stock were present or represented by proxy at the meeting. The proposals are described in detail in our definitive proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2016. The final results for the votes for each proposal are set forth below.

At the annual meeting, each of Mark Fusco, John William Poduska and Stephen A. Remondi was elected as a Class I Director of the Company, to serve a three-year term expiring at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The votes cast in the election of directors were as follows:

 

Nominee

   Votes For      Votes Withheld      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Mark Fusco

     6,968,601         334,622         3,830,217   

John William Poduska

     6,964,926         338,297         3,830,217   

Stephen A. Remondi

     6,962,765         340,458         3,830,217   

At the annual meeting, our stockholders also approved the proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending January 31, 2017. The votes cast on this proposal were as follows:

 

Proposal

   Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes
 
To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for fiscal year 2017.      11,025,375         86,162         21,903         0   

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

EXA CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Stephen A. Remondi
 

Stephen A. Remondi

Chief Executive Officer and President

Date: June 20, 2016

 

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