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 11, 2011

 

 

GSI GROUP INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New Brunswick, Canada   001-35083   98-0110412

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

125 Middlesex Turnpike

Bedford, Massachusetts

   01730
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (781) 266-5700

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

On May 11, 2011, GSI Group Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders. A total of 29,100,938 common shares were present or represented by proxy at the meeting, representing approximately 87.3 percent of the Company’s common shares outstanding as of the April 6, 2011 record date. The following are the voting results on proposals considered and voted upon at the meeting, all of which were described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14, 2011.

Item 1 — Election of directors for a term beginning on July 23, 2011 and until the next annual meeting of shareholders, until his successor is elected or appointed, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

NOMINEE    Votes FOR      Votes WITHHELD      Broker Non-Votes  

Stephen W. Bershad

      20,903,581         191,725         8,005,632   

Eugene I. Davis

      19,161,307         1,933,999         8,005,632   

Dennis J. Fortino

      20,926,283         169,023         8,005,632   

K. Peter Heiland

      19,729,008         1,366,298         8,005,632   

Ira J. Lamel

      20,370,994         724,312         8,005,632   

Byron O. Pond

      18,335,382         2,759,924         8,005,632   

John A. Roush

      21,004,603         90,703         8,005,632   

Item 2 — Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.

 

Votes FOR    Votes AGAINST    Votes ABSTAINED    Broker Non-Votes
28,730,215    272,036    98,687    0

Pursuant to the foregoing votes, each of the seven nominees for director listed above was elected, and Item 2 was approved.

 

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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.

 

 

GSI Group Inc.

  (Registrant)
Date: May 16, 2011   By:  

/s/ Robert Buckley

    Robert Buckley
    Chief Financial Officer

 

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