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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

 

May 27, 2022 (May 25, 2022)

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

 

RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware   001-38267   82-1669692
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

6500 Chase Oaks Blvd., Suite 100, Plano, TX 75023

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(978) 614-8100

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

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001   RBBN   The Nasdaq Global Select Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

Ribbon Communications Inc. (the “Company'”) held its annual meeting of stockholders on May 25, 2022 (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders considered and voted upon the matters listed below. A total of 139,327,034 shares of common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, representing approximately 92.82% of the Company’s outstanding common stock as of the April 1, 2022 record date. The following are the voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, each of which were described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on April 8, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement”).

 

Item 1 – Election of eight directors for a term of office expiring on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders in 2023 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified.

 

Director  Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes 
Mariano S. de Beer   123,069,802    1,851,578    624,573    13,781,081 
R. Stewart Ewing, Jr.   122,387,959    2,535,874    622,120    13,781,081 
Bruns H. Grayson   122,141,987    2,784,898    619,068    13,781,081 
Beatriz V. Infante   123,016,390    1,900,139    629,424    13,781,081 
Bruce W. McClelland   122,797,000    2,131,212    617,741    13,781,081 
Shaul Shani   119,835,999    4,886,691    823,263    13,781,081 
Richard W. Smith   119,360,453    5,365,061    820,439    13,781,081 
Tanya Tamone   122,768,672    2,153,583    623,698    13,781,081 

 

All of the Company’s nominees named above were elected, having received more votes cast “for” their election than “against” their election.

 

Item 2 – Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

 

Votes For   137,915,637 
Votes Against   183,617 
Abstentions   1,227,780 

 

Based on the foregoing vote, Item 2 was approved.

 

Item 3 – The non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section and the accompanying compensation tables and related narratives contained in the Proxy Statement.

 

Votes For   122,616,746 
Votes Against   2,181,646 
Abstentions   747,561 
Broker Non-Votes   13,781,081 

 

Based on the foregoing vote, Item 3 was approved.

 

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company will consider the outcome of the advisory vote when making future compensation decisions relating to the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.

 

Item 4 – Approval of an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated 2019 Incentive Award Plan to add additional shares available for grant thereunder.

 

Votes For   105,109,195 
Votes Against   19,754,231 
Abstentions   682,527 
Broker Non-Votes   13,781,081 

 

Based on the foregoing vote, Item 4 was approved.

 

 

 

 

 

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:  May 27, 2022 Ribbon Communications Inc.    
   
  By: /s/ Patrick Macken
    Name: Patrick W. Macken
    Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary