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) April 27, 2017
 
 
 
BroadSoft, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
001-34777
 
52-2130962
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
9737 Washingtonian Boulevard, Suite 350
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878
(Address of principal executive offices)
(301) 977-9440
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
 
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Item 5.07.
  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a)    On April 27, 2017, BroadSoft, Inc. held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). Of the 30,533,471 shares outstanding as of the record date, 29,626,575 shares (approximately 97%) were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

At the Annual Meeting, our stockholders: (i) approved the election to the Board of Directors of each of John D. Markley, Jr., David Bernardi and Jane A. Dietze, (ii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers, as disclosed in our proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2017 (the “Proxy Statement”), (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, holding an advisory vote on executive compensation every year and (iv) ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.

(b)    The results of the voting on the matters submitted to the stockholders are as follows:

1.    To elect three directors to serve until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

Name
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
John D. Markley, Jr.
27,019,609
721,976
1,884,990
David Bernardi
27,589,355
152,230
1,884,990
Jane A. Dietze
27,602,442
139,143
1,884,990

2.    To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers, as disclosed in our Proxy Statement.

Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstaining
 
Broker Non-Votes
26,868,336
 
847,999
 
25,250
 
1,884,990

3.    To indicate, on an advisory basis, the preferred frequency of stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
 
One Year
 
Two Years
 
Three Years
 
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
26,645,161
 
59,785
 
1,021,491
 
15,148
0

4.    To ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstaining
 
Broker Non-Votes
29,090,401
 
530,040
 
6,134
 
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 hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BROADSOFT, INC.
 
 
 
 
Date:
 
May 3, 2017
 
By:
 
/s/ Mary Ellen Seravalli
 
 
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
Mary Ellen Seravalli
 
 
 
 
 
 
Title:
 
Chief Legal Officer