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):  October 17, 2014

 

AEROVIRONMENT, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (626) 357-9983

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.07(d) Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of AeroVironment, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on October 17, 2014, at 10:00 a.m., Pacific time, in the Grand Ballroom of the Courtyard by Marriott in Monrovia, 700 West Huntington Drive, Monrovia, California 91016. A brief description of matters voted upon at the meeting and the final voting results are set forth below:

 

Proposal 1 — Election of Directors

 

The Company’s stockholders elected the two persons nominated by the Board of Directors as Class II directors for a three-year term as follows:

 

		Number of Shares
Name of Director		For		Withheld
Joseph F. Alibrandi		14,592,067		531,548
Stephen F. Page		14,919,739		203,876

 

Each of the above directors shall serve for a term of three years and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.

 

Proposal 2 — Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

 

The Company’s stockholders approved, by an advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement by the following vote:

 

Number of Shares
For		Against		Abstain
14,266,443		801,217		55,955

 

Proposal 3 — Ratification of Company’s Independent Auditors

 

The Audit Committee selected Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2015. The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as follows:

 

Number of Shares
For		Against		Abstain
20,267,210		371,800		56,305

 

Proposal 4 — Advisory Vote on Declassification of the Board of Directors

 

In an advisory vote, the stockholders voted as follows with respect to a stockholder proposal seeking the declassification of the Board of Directors:

 

Number of Shares
For		Against		Abstain
10,641,139		4,409,276		73,200

 

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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.

 

 

	AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
Date:     October 22, 2014	By:	/s/ Douglas E. Scott
		Douglas E. Scott
		Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

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