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): December 1, 2016

 

 

ScanSource, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

South Carolina   000-26926   57-0965380

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

6 Logue Court, Greenville, South Carolina 29615

(Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)

(864) 288-2432

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(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:

 

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

ScanSource, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of the shareholders on December 1, 2016 (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, each of the six director nominees was elected and received greater than 95.93% approval of votes cast, the Company’s executive compensation program was approved, on an advisory basis, with 95.38% approval of votes cast, and the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for fiscal 2017 was ratified with 99.93% approval of votes cast. The Company received proxies representing 23,893,786 shares of common stock, totaling 94.97% of its issued and outstanding shares of common stock as of the record date. Each of the following proposals were voted on at the Annual Meeting and are described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 19, 2016, and the results of the voting are presented below.

Election of Directors

The Company’s shareholders approved the slate of directors consisting of six members to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, based on the following final voting results:

 

Nominee

   Votes For    Votes
Withheld
   Broker
Non-Votes

Steven R. Fischer

   22,143,077    939,658    811,051

Michael L. Baur

   22,805,778    276,957    811,051

Peter C. Browning

   22,683,019    399,716    811,051

Michael J. Grainger

   22,719,358    363,377    811,051

John P. Reilly

   22,674,853    407,882    811,051

Charles R. Whitchurch

   22,766,276    316,459    811,051

Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers

The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, based on the following final voting results:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-Votes

22,015,383   1,054,137   13,215   811,051

Advisory Vote to Ratify Grant Thornton LLP as the Independent Auditors for Fiscal 2017

The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for fiscal 2017, based on the following final voting results:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

23,876,462   14,213   3,111   —  


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.

 

    ScanSource, Inc.
Date: December 1, 2016     By:  

/s/ John J. Ellsworth

    Name:   John J. Ellsworth
    Its:   General Counsel and Executive Vice President