Form 8-K

KVH INDUSTRIES, INC.

Date: June 4, 2012

/S/ PATRICK J. SPRATT

Patrick J. Spratt

Chief Financial and Accounting Officer

8-K 1 d362456d8k.htm FORM 8-K 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): May 30, 2012

KVH Industries, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

0-28082

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

05-0420589

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

50 Enterprise Center

Middletown, RI

02842

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (401) 847-3327

(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

At the annual meeting of shareholders of KVH Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) held on May 30, 2012, the shareholders voted on (i) a proposal to consider and vote upon the election of Mark S. Ain and Stanley K. Honey as Class I directors for a three-year term and (ii) a proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. Both proposals were approved. The final results of such voting are set forth below.

Proposal #1 – To consider and vote upon the election of two Class I directors for a three-year term.


Name of Director Nominee	Number of Votes Cast For		Number of Votes Withheld		Number of Broker Non-Votes

Mark S. Ain		9,892,947		468,607		3,321,233

Stanley K. Honey		10,003,630		357,924		3,321,233

Proposal #2 – To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.


Number of Votes Cast For	Number of Votes Cast Against		Number of Abstentions		Number of Broker Non-Votes

13,382,647		170,716		129,424		0

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.