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) June 7, 2011
Quest Software, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 000-26937 | 33-0231678 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
5 Polaris Way, Aliso Viejo, California | 92656 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code (949) 754-8000
(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.
On June 7, 2011, Quest Software, Inc. (Quest) held its annual meeting of stockholders. There were 85,705,213 votes present at the annual meeting in person or by proxy, representing approximately 95.30% of the total outstanding eligible votes. Quests stockholders elected each of six nominees to serve a one-year term on Quests board of directors. There was no solicitation in opposition to managements nominees as listed in Quests proxy statement for the annual meeting. All of managements nominees received affirmative votes for their election as director in excess of the vote required for election (i.e., the number of votes for each nominee exceeded the number of votes withheld from such nominee). Also at the annual meeting, Quests stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Quests independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011; approved on an advisory basis the compensation of Quests named executive officers; and approved on an advisory basis every three years as the frequency for an advisory vote on the compensation of Quests named executive officers. Based on the approval of three years as the frequency of an advisory vote on the compensation of Quests named executive officers, Quest has determined that it will hold an advisory vote on the compensation of its named executive officers every three years until the next required vote on the frequency of such an advisory vote. Set forth below are the final voting results for each proposal submitted to a vote of stockholders at the annual meeting.
1. | Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors: |
Votes | Broker | |||||||||||
Nominee |
For | Withheld | Non-Votes | |||||||||
Vincent C. Smith |
82,259,487 | 783,446 | 2,705,890 | |||||||||
Douglas F. Garn |
82,371,597 | 671,336 | 2,705,890 | |||||||||
Augustine L. Nieto II |
74,596,222 | 8,446,711 | 2,705,890 | |||||||||
Kevin M. Klausmeyer |
82,371,969 | 670,964 | 2,705,890 | |||||||||
Paul A. Sallaberry |
76,589,107 | 6,452,826 | 2,705,890 | |||||||||
H. John Dirks |
82,372,159 | 670,774 | 2,705,890 |
2. | Proposal No. 2 - Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2011: |
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
83,703,125 | 1,425,061 | 577,027 | 0 |
3. | Proposal No. 3 Approval on an advisory basis of the compensation of Quests named executive officers: |
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
75,027,446 | 7,418,039 | 597,448 | 2,705,890 |
4. | Proposal No. 4 Approval on an advisory basis of the frequency of an advisory vote on the compensation of Quests named executive officers: |
Three Years |
Two Years |
One Year |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | ||||
41,749,744 | 221,194 | 40,485,130 | 586,865 | 2,705,890 |
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.
QUEST SOFTWARE, INC. | ||||||||
Date: June 10, 2011 | ||||||||
By: | /s/ David P. Cramer | |||||||
David P. Cramer | ||||||||
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary |