Form 8-K

 

 

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) March 4, 2014

 

 

HOLOGIC, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

DELAWARE

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

1-36214   04-2902449

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, MA   01730
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(781) 999-7300

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

(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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


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

Hologic, Inc. (“Hologic” or the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on March 4, 2014. At the meeting, a total of 251,127,374 shares or 91.69% of the Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the record date were represented in person or by proxy.

The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the meeting are set forth below. A more detailed description of each proposal is set forth in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 15, 2014.

Proposal No. 1. Election of Directors. The stockholders elected all of the Board of Directors’ nominees for director, to serve until the Company’s next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

Name

  

For

    

Withheld

    

Abstained

    

Broker Non-Vote

 

Jonathan Christodoro

     233,145,891         4,535,253         —           13,446,230   

Sally W. Crawford

     177,335,238         60,345,906         —           13,446,230   

Scott T. Garrett

     219,948,681         17,732,463         —           13,446,230   

David R. LaVance, Jr.

     185,863,746         51,817,398         —           13,446,230   

Nancy L. Leaming

     177,528,312         60,152,832         —           13,446,230   

Lawrence M. Levy

     207,261,076         30,420,068         —           13,446,230   

Stephen P. MacMillan

     224,906,338         12,774,806         —           13,446,230   

Samuel Merksamer

     221,156,948         16,524,196         —           13,446,230   

Christiana Stamoulis

     218,706,288         18,974,856         —           13,446,230   

Elaine S. Ullian

     178,202,056         59,479,088         —           13,446,230   

Wayne Wilson

     177,438,325         60,242,819         —           13,446,230   

Proposal No. 2. Advisory Vote to Approve the Company’s Executive Compensation. The stockholders cast an advisory vote to approve executive compensation as set forth in the table below:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstained

 

Broker Non-Vote

81,781,589   155,704,078   195,477   13,446,230

Proposal No. 3. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2014, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstained

 

Broker Non-Vote

248,303,325   2,727,339   96,710   —  


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.

 

Date: March 5, 2014     HOLOGIC, INC.
    By:  

/s/ Glenn P. Muir

      Glenn P. Muir
      Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, and Chief Financial Officer