UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): October 23, 2024
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
At the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on October 23, 2024 (the “Annual Meeting”), Orlando P. Carvalho, Barry R. Nearhos, and Debora A. Plunkett were elected as Class III Directors for a three-year term ending in 2027.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The final voting results for the Annual Meeting are as follows:
1: To elect three Class III directors nominated by the Board of Directors, each to serve for a three-year term, and in each case until their successors have been duly elected and qualified:
| Director Nominee | For | Withheld | Non-Votes | Uncast | ||||||||||
| Orlando P. Carvalho | 51,733,429 | 2,268,914 | 2,180,763 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Barry R. Nearhos | 49,287,840 | 4,714,503 | 2,180,763 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Debora A. Plunkett | 51,753,414 | 2,248,929 | 2,180,763 | 0 | ||||||||||
2: To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:
| For: | 38,372,223 | ||||
| Against: | 15,351,270 | ||||
| Abstain: | 278,850 | ||||
| Non-Votes: | 2,180,763 | ||||
| Uncast | 0 | ||||
3: To approve the Company’s 2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan:
| For: | 53,871,056 | ||||
| Against: | 116,252 | ||||
| Abstain: | 15,035 | ||||
| Non-Votes: | 2,180,763 | ||||
| Uncast | 0 | ||||
4: To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2025:
| For: | 55,759,712 | ||||
| Against: | 385,979 | ||||
| Abstain: | 37,415 | ||||
| Non-Votes: | 0 | ||||
| Uncast | 0 | ||||
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On October 23, 2024, in connection with the Annual Meeting, the Company’s Board of Directors held a meeting at which it elected William L. Ballhaus as Chairman of the Board, Barry R. Nearhos as Lead Independent
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Director, and determined the composition of the Board committees for the upcoming year. The committees of the Board will be constituted as follows:
Audit Committee: Barry R. Nearhos, Chair; Gerard J. DeMuro; Lisa S. Disbrow; and Debora A. Plunkett
Government Relations Committee: Lisa S. Disbrow, Chair; Gerard J. DeMuro; Roger A. Krone; and Debora A. Plunkett
Human Capital and Compensation Committee: Howard L. Lance, Chair; Orlando P. Carvalho; Lisa S. Disbrow; and Scott Ostfeld
M&A and Finance Committee: Orlando P. Carvalho, Chair; Roger A. Krone; Howard L. Lance; and Scott Ostfeld
Nominating and Governance Committee: Barry R. Nearhos, Chair; Orlando P. Carvalho; Roger A. Krone; and Howard L. Lance
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: October 28, 2024 | MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC. | |||||||||||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Stuart H. Kupinsky | |||||||||||||||||||
| Stuart H. Kupinsky | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||||||||||||||
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