Art Technology Group, Inc. (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):   May 24, 2010

Art Technology Group, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 000-26679 04-3141918
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
One Main Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts   02142
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   617-386-1136

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Effective May 24, 2010, Gregory Hughes became an independent, non-employee director of Art Technology Group, Inc. (the “Company”). Mr. Hughes’ appointment was previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 29, 2010.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders  

The Company’s 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“Annual Meeting”) was held on May 24, 2010.  Set forth below are the results of the votes taken at the Annual Meeting.

Of the 156,785,069 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of the close of business on the March 31, 2010 record date, 140,875,981 shares were represented at the meeting.

The Company’s shareholders were voting on three matters at the Annual Meeting.  Those three matters were (1) the election of three Class II directors; (2) the approval of amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Option Plan; and (3) the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2010.

The three nominees for election to the Board of Directors, for three-year terms ending at the 2013 Annual Meeting, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, were elected by the following votes:  

                         
       Name   Votes For   Votes Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
David B. Elsbree
    120,485,157       764,414       19,626,410  
Ilene H. Lang
    120,473,164       776,407       19,626,410  
Daniel C. Regis
    120,486,946       762,625       19,626,410  

The shareholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Option by the following vote:

                                     
       For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes    
    
    81,934,173       39,197,472       117,926       19,626,410        

The shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2010 by the following vote:  

                                 
       For   Against   Abstain        
    
    139,617,712       1,146,402       111,867                    


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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.

         
    Art Technology Group, Inc.
          
May 26, 2010   By:   /s/ Julie M. B. Bradley
       
        Name: Julie M. B. Bradley
        Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer