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 1, 2012

 

Power-One, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-29454

 

77-0420182

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

740 Calle Plano
Camarillo, California

 

93012

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(805) 987-8741

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

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:

 

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o    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 Vote of Stockholders.

 

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Power-One, Inc. (“Power-One” or the “Company”) was held on May 1, 2012.  Proxies were solicited by the Company pursuant to Regulation 14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the following four proposals:

 

Proposal 1:  To elect the members of the Board of Directors;

 

Proposal 2:  To adopt an advisory resolution on named executive officer compensation;

 

Proposal 3:  To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Power-One for the 2012 fiscal year;

 

Proposal 4:  To transact other business properly presented at the 2012 annual meeting and any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.

 

Proxies representing 108,619,876 shares of the common stock eligible to vote at the meeting, or 89.07% of the outstanding common shares, were voted.

 

The following is a tabulation of the votes with respect to each of the proposals:

 

Proposal One

Election of Directors

 

 

 

Votes For

 

% of Voted
Shares
Voting For

 

Votes
Withheld/Abstained

 

Broker Non-
Votes

 

Jon Gacek

 

76,862,041

 

95.51%

 

170,403

 

28,312,994

 

Kambiz Hooshmand

 

79,185,705

 

98.82%

 

172,944

 

28,312,994

 

Mark Melliar-Smith

 

77,130,252

 

96.25%

 

170,803

 

28,312,994

 

Richard M. Swanson

 

77,535,084

 

96.75%

 

170,473

 

28,312,994

 

Richard J. Thompson

 

77,255,847

 

96.36%

 

135,371

 

28,312,994

 

Jay Walters

 

79,076,914

 

98.68%

 

170,603

 

28,312,994

 

Kyle Ryland

 

76,012,970

 

94.85%

 

170,153

 

28,312,994

 

Ajay Shah

 

75,996,461

 

94.83%

 

171,279

 

28,312,994

 

 

Proposal Two

Advisory Resolution on

Named Executive Officer Compensation

 

Votes For

 

% of Voted
Shares
Voting For

 

Votes
Against

 

Votes Withheld/
Abstained

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

77,310,880

 

96.27%

 

2,840,077

 

155,925

 

28,312,994

 

 

Proposal Three

Ratification of the Appointment of

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

Votes For

 

% of Voted
Shares
Voting For

 

Votes
Against

 

Votes
Withheld/Abstained

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

105,001,191

 

96.67%

 

3,462,578

 

156,107

 

-0-

 

 

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Proposal Four

Transaction of Other Business Properly Presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting

And Any Adjournment(s) or Postponement(s) Thereof

 

Votes For

 

% of Voted
Shares
Voting For

 

Votes
Against

 

Votes
Withheld/Abstained

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

56,719,789

 

52.21%

 

49,834,214

 

2,065,873

 

-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.

 

 

 

 

POWER-ONE, INC.

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/GARY R. LARSEN

Date:

May 3, 2012

 

 

Gary R. Larsen

 

 

 

Senior Vice President — Finance, and Chief Financial Officer

 

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