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 | ||||
May 1, 2017 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) | ||||
HESKA CORPORATION (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) | ||||
Delaware | 000-22427 | 77-0192527 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
3760 Rocky Mountain Avenue Loveland, Colorado 80538 (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) | ||||
(970) 493-7272 (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 annual meeting of stockholders on May 1, 2017. The following is a summary of the matters voted on at the meeting based on the report of the voting results by the independent inspector of elections. The definitive proxy statement related to the annual meeting, that was filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission under cover of Schedule 14A (File No. 000-22427) on March 24, 2017, contains a description of the following proposals considered at the annual meeting, each of which were approved by the Company's stockholders at the annual meeting as set forth below:
1. | Stockholders elected the following two nominees as Class II directors to serve three-year terms, as follows: |
Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Voted | Other Non-Voted | ||||
David E. Sveen, Ph.D. | 4,858,281 | 133,744 | 1,230,023 | 0 | ||||
Kevin S. Wilson | 4,908,943 | 83,082 | 1,230,023 | 0 | ||||
Each of Mr. Sveen and Mr. Wilson have been elected to hold office until the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.
2. | Stockholders approved the proposal to approve an amendment to the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase by 1,000,000 the number of authorized shares of each class of the Company's common stock, as follows: |
For: | 6,104,101 | |
Against: | 95,610 | |
Abstain: | 22,337 | |
Broker Non-Voted: | 0 | |
Other Non-Voted: | 0 | |
3. | Stockholders ratified the appointment of EKS&H LLLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31,2017, as follows: |
For: | 6,181,397 | |
Against: | 22,720 | |
Abstain: | 17,931 | |
Broker Non-Voted: | 0 | |
Other Non-Voted: | 0 | |
4. | Stockholders approved the Company's executive compensation in a non-binding advisory vote, as follows: |
For: | 4,886,168 | |
Against: | 46,083 | |
Abstain: | 59,774 | |
Broker Non-Voted: | 1,230,023 | |
Other Non-Voted: | 0 | |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
HESKA CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation | |
Dated: May 5, 2017 | By: /s/ Jason A. Napolitano Name: Jason A. Napolitano Title: Chief Operating Officer, Chief Strategist and Secretary |