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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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 20, 2019

 

Veeva Systems Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-36121

20-8235463

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

4280 Hacienda Drive

Pleasanton, California

 

94588

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (925) 452-6500

Not Applicable

(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 Instructions 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

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A Common Stock,

par value $0.00001 per share

 

VEEV

 

New York Stock Exchange

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.

On June 20, 2019, Veeva Systems Inc. (“Veeva”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, Veeva’s stockholders voted on two proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2019 (the “2019 Proxy Statement”).

Only stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 26, 2019, the record date for the Annual Meeting, were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the record date, 127,819,515 shares of Veeva’s Class A common stock and 19,188,915 shares of Veeva’s Class B common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. In deciding all matters at the Annual Meeting, each holder of Class A common stock of Veeva was entitled to one vote for each share of Class A common stock held as of the close of business on the record date, and each holder of Class B common stock of Veeva was entitled to ten votes for each share of Class B common stock held as of the close of business on the record date. The Class A common stock and Class B common stock voted as a single class on all matters.

The matters voted on at the Annual Meeting and the voting results with respect to each such matter are set forth below.

Proposal 1: Each of the following nominees were elected to serve as Class III directors until the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor has been duly elected and qualified. The vote for each director nominee is set forth in the table below:

NAME

 

FOR

 

WITHHOLD

 

BROKER

NON-VOTES

 

Ronald E.F. Codd

 

283,824,906

 

9,513,039

 

15,290,252

 

Peter P. Gassner

 

289,016,488

 

4,321,457

 

15,290,252

 

Proposal 2: The appointment of KMPG LLP as Veeva’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2020 was ratified by the stockholders based on the following results of voting:

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

307,780,875

 

707,039

 

140,283

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Veeva Systems Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Josh Faddis

 

 

Josh Faddis

 

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

 

 

 

Dated:

June 21, 2019