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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 8, 2018

 
CARBONITE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
001-35264
 
33-1111329
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
Two Avenue de Lafayette, Boston, Massachusetts 02111
(Address of principal executive offices, including ZIP code)
(617) 587-1100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 
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Item 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the 2018 Annual Meeting, there were 26,630,850 shares of the Company’s common stock represented in person or by proxy, constituting 93.28% of the shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the 2018 Annual Meeting, and the Company’s stockholders voted upon the following proposals:

1.
The following nominees were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors as Class I directors for terms expiring at the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders.
 
Votes For
 
Votes Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
Mohamad Ali
21,935,435

 
496,986

 
4,198,429

Scott Daniels
21,942,419

 
490,002

 
4,198,429

Peter Gyenes
21,065,241

 
1,367,180

 
4,198,429


Following the 2018 Annual Meeting, Charles Kane and Stephen Munford, having terms expiring in 2019, and David Friend, Todd Krasnow and Marina Levinson, having terms expiring in 2020, continue as directors of the Company.

2.
The selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018 was ratified.
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstained
26,580,925

 
2,243

 
47,682


3.
The Company’s stockholders approved, in a non-binding, advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstained
 
Broker Non-Votes
21,863,463

 
513,698

 
55,260

 
4,198,429


4.
The Company’s stockholders recommended, in a non-binding, advisory vote, that future executive compensation advisory votes be held every one year.

Every One Year
 
Every Two Years
 
Every Three Years
 
Abstained
 
Broker Non-Votes
20,834,473

 
16,975

 
1,331,665

 
249,308

 
4,198,429


After taking into consideration the foregoing voting results and the Company’ s Board of Directors’ prior recommendation in favor of an annual advisory stockholder vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, the Company intends to hold future advisory votes on the compensation of its named executive officers every one year.






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 on May 8, 2018.

 
 
 
 
 
CARBONITE, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Danielle Sheer
 
Name:
 
Danielle Sheer
 
Title:
 
General Counsel