Form 8-K

 

 

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

 

 

EMC CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Massachusetts   1-9853   No. 04-2680009

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

176 South Street, Hopkinton, MA   01748
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (508) 435-1000

N/A

(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 Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

EMC Corporation’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on May 1, 2012. There was no solicitation in opposition to management’s nominees as listed in EMC’s proxy statement, and all such nominees were elected directors for a one-year term. The shareholders ratified the selection by the Audit Committee of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as EMC’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 and provided advisory approval of EMC’s executive compensation. The results of the votes for each of these proposals were as follows:

 

1. Election of Directors:

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Michael W. Brown

     1,426,316,883         43,721,535         2,846,600         258,818,186   

Randolph L. Cowen

     1,437,015,869         33,007,387         2,861,762         258,818,186   

Gail Deegan

     1,447,701,084         22,478,865         2,705,069         258,818,186   

James S. DiStasio

     1,452,770,827         17,249,839         2,864,352         258,818,186   

John R. Egan

     1,454,106,369         15,961,919         2,816,730         258,818,186   

Edmund F. Kelly

     1,463,149,875         6,797,416         2,937,727         258,818,186   

Windle B. Priem

     1,412,497,834         57,430,546         2,956,638         258,818,186   

Paul Sagan

     1,439,760,741         30,272,815         2,851,462         258,818,186   

David N. Strohm

     1,430,618,246         39,403,872         2,862,900         258,818,186   

Joseph M. Tucci

     1,412,046,446         59,622,165         1,216,407         258,818,186   

 

2. Ratification of the selection by the Audit Committee of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as EMC’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012:

 

For:

     1,682,386,381   

Against:

     46,002,133   

Abstain:

     3,314,690   

Broker Non-Votes:

     0   

 

3. Advisory approval of EMC’s executive compensation:

 

For:

     1,418,447,649   

Against:

     49,871,795   

Abstain:

     4,565,574   

Broker Non-Votes:

     258,818,186   


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.

 

EMC CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Paul T. Dacier

  Paul T. Dacier
 

Executive Vice President and

General Counsel

Date: May 2, 2012