8-K 1 sypr20160511_8k.htm FORM 8-K sypr20160511_8k.htm

 

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 10, 2016

 


 

Sypris Solutions, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-24020

 

61-1321992

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

         

101 Bullitt Lane, Suite 450

 

 

 

 

Louisville, Kentucky

 

 

 

40222

(Address of principal

executive offices)

 

 

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (502) 329-2000

 



 

 

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:

 

[ ] 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))

 

 
 

 

  

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

 

The regular Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Sypris Solutions, Inc. was held in Louisville, Kentucky on May 10, 2016, for the purpose of voting on the proposals described below. Proxies for the meeting were solicited pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and there was no solicitation in opposition to management’s nominees for directors. The total number of shares of common stock outstanding as of March 25, 2016, the record date of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, was 21,058,544.

 

Matters submitted to stockholders at the meeting and the voting results thereof were as follows: 

 

Election of Directors. The stockholders of the Company elected each of the director nominees proposed by the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The following is a breakdown of the voting results:

 

DIRECTOR

FOR

WITHHELD

BROKER NON-VOTES

R. Scott Gill

15,566,407

251,283

               0

Robert F. Lentz

15,423,482

394,208

               0

Robert Sroka

15,580,628

237,062

               0

  

Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation. The stockholders of the Company approved an advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2016 (the “Proxy Statement”). The following is a breakdown of the voting results:

 

FOR

AGAINST

ABSTAIN

BROKER NON-VOTES

15,509,101

264,091

44,498

               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.

 

                 

Dated: May 11, 2016

 

 

 

Sypris Solutions, Inc.

                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/John R. McGeeney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John R. McGeeney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary