cutr20170614_8k.htm

 

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

 

June 14, 2017

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

 

 


 

Cutera, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware

 

000-50644

 

77-0492262

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

3240 Bayshore Blvd.

Brisbane, California 94005

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(415) 657-5500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 


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

 

Cutera, Inc. (the “Company” or “Cutera”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 14, 2017 (the “Annual Meeting”). As of April 17, 2017, the record date of the Annual Meeting, 13,844,338 shares of our common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A total of 12,118,333 shares, or approximately 87.5%, of our common stock, constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

 

Cutera’s stockholders voted on six proposals at the Annual Meeting. The final results of the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below.

 

Proposal One Approval of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Declassify the Board of Directors. The proposal was approved and the results of the voting were as follows:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

9,757,305

 

536,283

 

3,605

 

1,821,140  

 

Proposal TwoElection of Directors. The following nominees were elected as Class I directors to serve for three-year terms expiring at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders based on the following votes: 

 

Nominees

 

Votes For

   

Votes
Withheld

   

Broker

Non-Votes

 

Mr. David A. Gollnick

    9,921,826       375,367       1,821,140  

Mr. James A. Resinstein

    9,391,697       905,496       1,821,140  

Mr. Clint H. Severson

    8,610,563       1,686,630       1,821,140  

 

Proposal Three –Ratification of BDO USA, LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The proposal was approved and the results of the voting were as follows:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

12,112,359

 

4,239

 

1,735

 

  

 

Proposal Four Approval of the Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan. The proposal was approved and the results of the voting were as follows:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

7,736,340

 

2,555,248

 

5,605

 

1,821,140

 

Proposal Five Non-Binding Advisory Vote on the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers. The proposal was approved and the results of the voting were as follows:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

10,036,661

 

252,139

 

8,393

 

1,821,140

 

Proposal Six Non-binding Advisory Vote on the “Say-on-Pay Frequency” Proposal Regarding the Frequency of Stockholder Advisory Votes on the Compensation of Named Executive Officers. The annual frequency was approved on an advisory basis. In light of this vote, the Company will include an advisory, non-binding vote on executive compensation in its proxy materials pursuant to Section 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on an annual basis until the next advisory vote on the frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation, which will occur no later than the Company's 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The results of the voting were as follows:

 

Votes For 1 Year

 

Votes For 2 Years

 

Votes For 3 Years

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

7,543,314

 

16,588

 

2,122,150

 

4,797

 

2,431,484

 

 

 

 

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.

 

   

Cutera, Inc.

     

Date: June 14, 2017

By:

 /s/ James A. Reinstein

   

James A. Resinstein

   

President and Chief Executive Officer