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 19, 2016

 

 

Communications Systems, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Minnesota

(State Or Other Jurisdiction Of Incorporation)

 

001-31588 41-0957999
(Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
   

10900 Red Circle Drive

Minnetonka, MN

 55343
(Address Of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(952) 996-1674

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

 

 

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):

 

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Item 5.07      Submission of Matters to Vote of Security Holders

 

The Company held its 2016 Annual Meeting on May 19, 2016. The proposals considered at the 2016 Annual Meeting are described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement.

 

Of the 8,761,001 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, 7,151,125 shares or 81.6% of the outstanding shares were present either in person or by proxy.

 

The following describes the matters considered by the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting, as well as the final results of the votes cast at the meeting:

 

1.                   To elect six directors of the Company to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified.

 

Nominee For Withhold Broker Non-Vote
Curtis A. Sampson 3,097,303 1,549,372 2,504,450
Luella G. Goldberg 3,206,196 1,440,479 2,504,450
Roger H. D. Lacey 3,366,305 1,280,370 2,504,450
Gerald D. Pint 3,387,653 1,259,022 2,504,450
Richard A. Primuth 2,858,068 1,788,607 2,504,450
Randall D. Sampson 3,326,680 1,319,995 2,504,450

 

2.                   To ratify and approve the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016.

 

For Against Abstain
6,820,728 296,167 34,230

 

As a result, the shareholders (i) elected each nominee as a director of the Company and (ii) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016.

 

SIGNATURE

 

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

  COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
     
  By:   /s/ Edwin C. Freeman
    Chief Financial Officer

 

Date:  May 23, 2016