UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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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 17, 2019 (May 16, 2019)
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Bandwidth Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware | 001-38285 | 56-2242657 | ||||||||||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||||||||||||
900 Main Campus Drive Raleigh, NC | 27606 | |||||||||||||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||||||||||||
(800) 808-5150
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||
| Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | BAND | NASDAQ Global Select Market | ||||||||||||
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 16, 2019, the Company held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”). The Company’s stockholders voted on two proposals at the Meeting, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2019. Holders of the Company’s Class A common stock were entitled to one vote for each share held as of the close of business on April 3, 2019 (the “Record Date”) and holders of the Company’s Class B common stock were entitled to ten votes for each share held as of the close of business on the Record Date. The Class A common stock and Class B common stock voted as a single class on all matters. Present at the Meeting in person or by proxy were holders of 15,499,235 shares of Class A common stock and 5,283,769 shares of Class B common stock, together representing a total of 68,336,925 votes, or more than 84% of the eligible votes as of the Record Date, and constituting a quorum. The results with respect to each proposal are set forth below:
Proposal 1 — Election of Directors.
The stockholders elected each of the two persons named below as Class II directors to serve until the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The results of such vote were:
Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||||||||
John C. Murdock | 60,746,401 | 4,279,956 | 3,310,568 | |||||||||||||||||
Douglas A. Suriano | 61,269,609 | 3,756,748 | 3,310,568 | |||||||||||||||||
Proposal 2 — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. The results of such vote were:
For | Against | Abstain | ||||||||||||||||||
| 68,272,929 | 37,362 | 26,634 | ||||||||||||||||||
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.
| BANDWIDTH INC. | ||||||||
| Date: May 17, 2019 | By: | /s/ Jeffrey A. Hoffman | ||||||
| Name: | Jeffrey A. Hoffman | |||||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||||