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 22, 2012

 

 

ECHELON CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		000-29748		77-0203595
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

550 Meridian Avenue

San Jose, California 95126

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(408) 938-5200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(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:

 

¨	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))

 

 

 

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

Echelon Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Annual Meeting”) on May 22, 2012. Of the 42,604,213 shares of Company common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, 34,003,423 shares, representing approximately 79.8% of the total votes eligible to be cast, were represented at the meeting in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the results of such voting are set forth below:

Proposal 1: Election of three Class B directors to serve for a term of three years:

 

Nominee		Votes For		Votes Withheld				Broker Non-Votes
Robert J. Finocchio, Jr.		19,891,084			304,316			13,808,023
Armas Clifford Markkula, Jr.		14,417,106			5,778,294			13,808,023
Robert R. Maxfield		16,032,598			4,162,802			13,808,023

Based on the votes set forth above, the three Class B director nominees were duly elected.

Proposal 2: Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012:

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Votes Abstained		Broker Non-Votes
33,512,816		368,261		122,346		( 0 )

Based on the votes set forth above, the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 was duly ratified.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 25, 2012

 

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