UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549FORM 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) August 15, 2011
NVE Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota
000-1219641-1424202
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)(IRS Employer Identification No.)
11409 Valley View Road, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
55344
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code (952) 829-9217
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Our Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held August 15, 2011. Proxies for the meeting were solicited pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act. All of our directors attended the meeting.
The Annual Meeting was held for the following purposes: (1) to elect five directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders; (2) to approve named executive officer compensation as disclosed in our Proxy Statement; (3) to vote on a non-binding proposal regarding the frequency of the vote on our executive compensation program; and (4) to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012.
There were 4,776,198 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the meeting with a majority represented at the meeting. The Board of Directors recommended a vote for each of the Director nominees, for Proposal 2, one year for Proposal 3, and for Proposal 4. There was no solicitation in opposition. The affirmative vote of a plurality of the voting power was required for Proposal 1; a majority of the voting power was required to approve Proposals 2 and 4.
Final voting results were as follows:
Number of Shares Voted For Withheld Abstain 1. To elect five directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Terrence W. Glarner 2,759,081 13,790 1,100 Daniel A. Baker 2,760,548 12,323 1,100 James D. Hartman 2,762,167 10,704 1,100 Patricia M. Hollister 2,762,567 10,304 1,100 Robert H. Irish 2,755,176 17,695 1,100 Voted For Voted Against Abstain 2. To approve named executive officer compensation as disclosed in our Proxy Statement. 2,723,504 32,871 17,596 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain 3. To vote on a non-binding proposal regarding the frequency of the vote on our executive compensation program. 2,450,293 8,084 301,491 14,104 Voted For Voted Against Abstain 4. To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012. 4,035,179 55,798 3,033
Based on the results, each director nominee was reelected, named executive officer compensation was approved, the result of the vote on the frequency of the vote on our executive compensation program was one year, and the selection of our independent registered public accounting firm was ratified.
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SIGNATUREPursuant 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.
Date August 16, 2011 NVE CORPORATION
(Registrant)
/s/ CURT A. REYNDERS
Curt A. Reynders
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
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