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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): July 21, 2015

 

TESSCO Technologies Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

Delaware

0-24746

52-0729657

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification

Number)

 

11126 McCormick Road, Hunt Valley, Maryland 21031

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(410) 229-1000

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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 ITEM 5.07. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

 

TESSCO Technologies Incorporated (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on July 21, 2015, at its offices in Timonium, Maryland. Of the 8,266,863 shares of common stock outstanding as of the record date for the Annual Meeting, 7,747,009 shares, or 93.7% of the total shares eligible to vote at the Annual Meeting, were represented in person or by proxy. Three proposals were properly submitted to the shareholders for a vote at the Annual Meeting. These proposals are described as Proposal Nos. 1, 2 and 3 in the Definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission in anticipation of the Annual Meeting. No other proposals were properly presented for a vote at the Annual Meeting. The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon at the Annual Meeting, as well as the number of votes cast "for" or "against" each matter and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter, both in person and by proxy.

 

Proposal No.1 - Election of Directors. Each of Robert B. Barnhill, Jr., Jay G. Baitler, John D. Beletic, Benn Konsynski, Ph.D, Dennis J. Shaughnessy and Morton F. Zifferer, Jr. were elected to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2016 and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director

 

Votes FOR

 

Votes WITHHELD

 

Broker Non-Votes

Robert B. Barnhill, Jr.

 

6,735,803

 

98,149

 

913,057

Jay G. Bailter         

 

6,741,341

 

92,611

 

913,057

John D. Beletic

 

6,741,416

 

92,536

 

913,057

Benn Konsynski, PH.D

 

6,671,923

 

162,029

 

913,057

Dennis J. Shaughnessy

 

6,741,216

 

92,736

 

913,057

Morton F. Zifferer, Jr.

 

6,741,585

 

92,367

 

913,057

 

Proposal No.2 - Ratify Independent Registered Public Accountants. The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2016 was ratified, as follows:

 

 

 

 

FOR

 

7,737,965

AGAINST

 

7,775

ABSTAIN

 

1,269

 

Proposal No.3 - An advisory vote on named executive officer compensation for the fiscal year ended March 29, 2015.  The shareholders voted to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers for the fiscal year ended March 29, 2015, as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the Summary Compensation Tables and other tabular information and related materials. The vote on this proposal was as follows:

 

 

 

FOR

6,668,148

AGAINST

153,638

ABSTAIN

12,166

BROKER NON-VOTES

913,057

 

Information presented in this Current Report on Form 8-K may contain forward-looking statements and certain assumptions upon which such forward-looking statements are in part based. Numerous important factors, including those factors identified in the TESSCO Technologies Incorporated Annual Report on Form 10-K and other of the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the fact that the assumptions set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K could prove incorrect, could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in such forward-looking statements.

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

TESSCO Technologies Incorporated

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Aric M. Spitulnik

 

Aric M. Spitulnik

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

Dated: July 21, 2015

 

 

 

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