0001094739-13-000125.txt : 20130905 0001094739-13-000125.hdr.sgml : 20130905 20130905161203 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001094739-13-000125 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130903 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20130905 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130905 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FINISAR CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001094739 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674] IRS NUMBER: 943038428 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0430 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-27999 FILM NUMBER: 131080566 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1389 MOFFETT PARK DR CITY: SUNNYVALE STATE: CA ZIP: 94089 BUSINESS PHONE: 4085481000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1389 MOFFETT PARK DR CITY: SUNNYVALE STATE: CA ZIP: 94089 8-K 1 a8-k.htm 8-K 8-K

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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):
September 3, 2013

Finisar Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
000-27999
94-3038428
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1389 Moffett Park Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(408) 548-1000
 
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 September 3, 2013, Finisar Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders. At the annual meeting, the following matters were submitted to a vote of the Company's stockholders, with the voting results set forth below.
1.
The Company's stockholders elected the following two persons to serve as Class II directors, to hold office for three-year terms:
Name
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Jerry S. Rawls
70,295,397
2,723,166
13,514,558
Robert N. Stephens
71,795,650
1,222,913
13,514,558

2.
The Company's stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 27, 2014:
Votes For:
85,710,225

Votes Against:
653,883

Abstain:
169,013

Broker Non-Votes:
—


3.
The Company's stockholders approved a non-binding advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company's proxy statement for the annual meeting:
Votes For:
69,649,823

Votes Against:
3,173,605

Abstain:
195,135

Broker Non-Votes:
13,514,558





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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.
Date: September 5, 2013
 
Finisar Corporation
By:
 /s/ Christopher E. Brown
 
Christopher E. Brown
 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
 
 



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