UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 14, 2015
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 000-19406 | 36-2675536 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 475 Half Day Road, Lincolnshire, Illinois | 60069 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 847-634-6700
(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:
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
(b) Effective as of the Annual Meeting held on May 14, 2015, Dr. Robert Potter, director of the Company, retired from the Board of Directors of the Company.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
(a) The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 14, 2015.
(b) The Company’s stockholders voted on the proposals listed below. For each of Proposals 1 through 4, the Broker Non-Votes totaled 3,065,863.
| 1. | Proposal 1. Election of Two Directors. |
For the election of the following persons to the Board of Zebra Technologies Corporation, consisting of two Class I Directors with a term to expire in 2018 or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified:
| Directors | For | Authority Withheld |
||||||
| Class I Director |
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| Richard L. Keyser |
43,418,578 | 107,669 | ||||||
| Ross W. Manire |
42,918,179 | 608,068 | ||||||
| 2. | Proposal 2. Advisory vote to approve the compensation of Named Executive Officers |
Advisory vote to approve the following resolution: “Resolved, that the compensation of the named officers of Zebra Technologies Corporation, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, as described in and including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis - Executive Summary, Compensation, Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion contained in this proxy statement, is approved by the stockholders of Zebra.”
| For | Against | Abstain | ||
| 38,709,451 | 4,784,376 | 32,420 | ||
| 3. | Proposal 3. Appoval of 2015 Short-Term Incentive Plan |
| For | Against | Abstain | ||
| 42,894,248 | 612,601 | 19,398 | ||
| 4. | Proposal 4. Appoval of 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan |
| For | Against | Abstain | ||
| 37,762,442 | 5,745,801 | 18,004 | ||
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| 5. | Proposal 5. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors |
To ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent auditors of the Company’s financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2015.
| For | Against | Abstain | ||
| 45,079,476 | 1,491,744 | 20,890 | ||
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
| ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: May 20, 2015 | By: | /s/ Jim L. Kaput | ||||
| Jim L. Kaput | ||||||
| SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||
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