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): December 9, 2010
WMS INDUSTRIES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-8300 | 36-2814522 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 800 South Northpoint Blvd., Waukegan, Illinois | 60085 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 785-3000
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The annual meeting of stockholders for WMS Industries Inc. (the “Company”) was held on December 9, 2010. The stockholders elected all of the Company’s nominees for director to serve on the Company’s Board until the 2011 Annual Meeting or until their respective successors are elected and qualify, except that in accordance with our By-laws such service will terminate immediately if any gaming regulatory authority communicates its determination that such individual is not suitable for being licensed or is not licensable by such authority. The stockholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst and Young as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2011. There we no other proposals up for a vote.
| (1) | Election of Directors: |
| Nominee |
Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Vote | |||||||||
| Robert J. Bahash |
52,394,000 | 101,805 | 2,201,308 | |||||||||
| Brian R. Gamache |
50,352,343 | 2,143,462 | 2,201,308 | |||||||||
| Patricia Nazemetz |
52,387,533 | 108,272 | 2,201,308 | |||||||||
| Louis J. Nicastro |
49,857,792 | 2,638,013 | 2,201,308 | |||||||||
| Neil D. Nicastro |
50,261,425 | 2,234,380 | 2,201,308 | |||||||||
| Edward W. Rabin, Jr. |
52,388,596 | 107,209 | 2,201,308 | |||||||||
| Ira S. Sheinfeld |
50,770,210 | 1,725,595 | 2,201,308 | |||||||||
| Bobby L. Siller |
52,394,357 | 101,448 | 2,201,308 | |||||||||
| William J. Vareschi, Jr. |
52,371,288 | 124,517 | 2,201,308 | |||||||||
| (2) | Ratification of Ernst and Young as independent registered public accounting firm: |
| For: |
54,592,624 | |||
| Against: |
86,841 | |||
| Abstain: |
17,648 | |||
| Broker Non-Vote: |
0 |
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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.
| WMS INDUSTRIES INC. | ||||
| Date: December 14, 2009 | ||||
| /s/ Kathleen J. McJohn | ||||
| Kathleen J. McJohn | ||||
| Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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