Current Report Filing (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): September 22, 2017

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




Delaware	000-30713	77-0416458
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1020 Kifer Road Sunnyvale, California 94086 (Address of principal executive offices) (zip code) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 523-2100

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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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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

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

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (the “Company”) held a Special Meeting of Stockholders on September 22, 2017 (the “Special Meeting”). At the Special Meeting, the stockholders of the Company voted on the following proposal which is described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25, 2017:

Proposal No. 1 : To further amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) that the Company may issue from 100,000,000 shares to 300,000,000 shares for the purpose of, among other things, effecting a three-for-one stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Stock as part of the amendment.



For	Against	Abstain
32,886,766	219,745	333,255

Proposal No. 1 was approved.

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.