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): May 10, 2017 (May 8, 2017)

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

(775) 356-9029
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐

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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

On May 8, 2017, Ormat Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, at which the Company’s stockholders approved the following proposals: (1) the re-election of Stanley B. Stern, David Granot and Robert E. Joyal to the Company’s Board of Directors; (2) ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to act as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017; (3) approval of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers on an advisory basis; and (4) adoption of the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. The Company’s stockholders also approved, on an advisory basis, every one year as the frequency with which the Company should hold its advisory vote to approve the executive compensation of its named executive officers.

The results of the votes were as follows:

In light of the Company’s stockholders’ approval at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of every one year as the frequency with which the Company should hold its advisory vote to approve the executive compensation of its named executive officers, the Company, following the recommendation of its stockholders, has decided to hold the advisory vote on the compensation of its named executive officers every one year until the next required vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

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.

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