votingresults8k.htm

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):  September 23, 2010
       
       
GERBER SCIENTIFIC, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
CONNECTICUT
1-5865
06-0640743
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
       
       
83 Gerber Road West, South Windsor, Connecticut
  
06074
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
       
       
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code:
  
(860) 644-1551
       
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:
 
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Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
(a) Gerber Scientific, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2010 annual meeting of shareholders on September 23, 2010.  At the annual meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on two proposals.  The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 19, 2010.
 
(b) The final voting results with respect to each proposal voted upon at the annual meeting are set forth below.
 
Proposal 1
 
The Company’s shareholders elected each of the nine nominees to the Board of Directors by a plurality of the votes cast, as set forth below:
 
   
FOR
    
WITHHELD
    
BROKER NON-VOTES
  
Donald P. Aiken
     18,535,223       241,270       2,090,445  
Marc T. Giles
     18,544,533       231,960       2,090,445  
Edward G. Jepsen
     18,562,967       213,526       2,090,445  
Randall D. Ledford
     18,563,133       213,360       2,090,445  
John R. Lord
     18,562,283       214,210       2,090,445  
James A. Mitarotonda
     18,302,701       473,792       2,090,445  
Javier Perez
     18,582,430       194,063       2,090,445  
Carole F. St. Mark
     18,533,613       242,880       2,090,445  
W. Jerry Vereen
     18,515,886       260,607       2,090,445  

There were no abstentions in the election of directors.
 
 
Proposal 2
 
The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2011 fiscal year.
 
FOR
    
AGAINST
    
ABSTENTIONS
  
  20,748,886       94,869       23,183  

 
There were no broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.

 
 
 

 
SIGNATURE
 

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.
 

 
GERBER SCIENTIFIC, INC.
     
Date:  September 28, 2010
By:
/s/    William V. Grickis, jr.
   
William V. Grickis, Jr.
  Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
   (Duly Authorized Officer)