Form 8-K

 

 

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): June 7, 2012

 

 

Global Power Equipment Group Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-16501   73-1541378

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

400 E. Las Colinas Boulevard, Suite 400

Irving, Texas 75039

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (214) 574-2700

 

 

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:

 

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

The 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Global Power Equipment Group Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 7, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time in New York, New York. As described in the definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2012 (the “2012 Proxy Statement”), the following occurred:

 

   

The seven nominees for director were elected;

 

   

The appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2012 was ratified; and

 

   

A resolution to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K in the 2012 Proxy Statement, was adopted.

The votes were as follows:

Proposal 1 — Election of Directors:

 

     Number of
Shares Voted
For
     Number of
Shares Voted
Withheld
     Broker Non-
Votes
 

David L. Keller

     10,111,287         247,127         793,001   

Charles Macaluso

     10,177,872         180,542         793,001   

Carl Bartoli

     10,169,707         188,707         793,001   

Terence J. Cryan

     10,175,827         182,587         793,001   

Eugene I. Davis

     7,983,213         2,375,201         793,001   

Michael E. Salvati

     10,175,860         182,554         793,001   

Frank E. Williams, Jr.

     10,177,496         180,918         793,001   

Proposal 2 — Ratification of BDO USA, LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:

11,137,458 shares voted for, 7,081 voted against, 6,876 shares abstained from voting and there were 0 broker non-votes.

Proposal 3 —Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation:

9,536,129 shares voted for, 628,253 shares voted against, 194,032 shares abstained from voting, and there were 793,001 broker non-votes.


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 hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: June 11, 2012

 

Global Power Equipment Group Inc.
By:   /s/ Tracy D. Pagliara
 

 

  Tracy D. Pagliara
  General Counsel, Secretary and
  Vice President of Business Development