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): August 7, 2014

 

 

RED HAT, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-33162   06-1364380
(State of other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

100 E. Davie St., Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (919) 754-3700

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):

 

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

On August 7, 2014, the Company held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). Of the 188,556,010 shares of common stock outstanding as of June 13, 2014, the record date, 168,931,094 shares were represented at the Annual Meeting (in person or by proxy), constituting 89.59% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote.

At the Annual Meeting, stockholders of the Company (1) elected Sohaib Abbasi, Narendra K. Gupta, William S. Kaiser and James M. Whitehurst as directors of the Company, each to serve for a one-year term, (2) ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 28, 2015, and (3) approved a non-binding advisory resolution relating to the Company’s executive compensation.

The final voting results are set forth below.

 

1. The election of four members to the Board, each to serve for a one-year term:

 

Nominee

   For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  

Sohaib Abbasi

     156,840,740         1,532,290         96,434         10,461,630   

Narendra K. Gupta

     139,798,065         18,576,331         95,068         10,461,630   

William S. Kaiser

     155,978,762         2,396,422         94,280         10,461,630   

James M. Whitehurst

     156,615,816         1,765,397         88,251         10,461,630   

 

2. Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 28, 2015:

 

For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  
  166,913,632         1,639,054        378,408         0  

 

3. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the following non-binding resolution relating to the Company’s executive compensation:

RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to the Company’s Named Officers, as disclosed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section, compensation tables and narrative discussion of the Proxy Statement for the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, is hereby APPROVED.

 

For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  
  155,064,843         3,136,858        267,763        10,461,630   


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.

 

Date: August 7, 2014     RED HAT, INC.
    By:  

/s/ R. Brandon Asbill

      Name:   R. Brandon Asbill
      Title:   Assistant Secretary