UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): November 30 , 2017   

UQM Technologies, Inc.    

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

 

Colorado

1-10869

84-0579156

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

4120 Specialty Place
Longmont, Colorado 80504

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 682-4900

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 


 

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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).

Emerging growth company [  ]

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 SECURTY HOLDERS.

The Company held its annual meeting of shareholders on November 30, 2017. At the annual meeting, the shareholders of the Company (i) approved the issuance by the Company of the Second Stage Investment pursuant to the terms of the stock purchase agreement, dated August 25, 2017, entered into with China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sinotruk (BVI) Limited, for purposes of complying with Section 713 of the NYSE American Company Guide, (ii) elected the persons listed below to serve as directors of the Company until the 2018 annual meeting of shareholders , (iii) approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance by 500,000 shares, (iv) approved on an advisory basis the compensation for the Company’s named executive officers, and (v) voted on an advisory basis on the frequency of future advisory votes to approve compensation for the Company’s named executive officers. 

The Company had 54,035,328 shares of common stock outstanding as of October 5, 2017, the record date for the annual meeting. At the annual meeting, holders of a total of 23,932,439 shares of common stock were present in person or represented by proxy. The following sets forth information regarding the results of the voting at the annual meeting:

Proposal 1 .  The shareholders approved the issuance by the Company of the Second Stage Investment pursuant to the terms of the stock purchase agreement, dated August 25, 2017, entered into with China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sinotruk (BVI) Limited, for purposes of complying with Section 713 of the NYSE American Company Guide.

Shares
Voted “For”

Shares
Voted “Against”

Shares
Voted “Abstain”

22,682,720

1,167,431

82,288

 

Proposal 2 .  The shareholders elected each of the five nominees to the Board of Directors for a one-year term. The voting results were as follows:

 

 

 


Name

Shares
Voted “For”

Shares
Withheld

Donald W. Vanlandingham

Joseph R. Mitchell

23,020,657

23,201,447

911,782

730,992

Stephen J. Roy

23,024,810

907,629

Joseph P. Sellinger

23,026,859

905,580

John E. Sztykiel

23,052,222

880,217

 

Proposal 3 .  The shareholders approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance by 500,000 shares:

Shares
Voted “For”

Shares
Voted “Against”

Shares
Voted “Abstain”

21,817,913

1,841,822

272,704

 

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Proposal 4 .  The shareholders approved on an advisory basis the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

Shares
Voted “For”

Shares
Voted “Against”

Shares
Voted “Abstain”

20,931,598

2,424,662

576,179

 

Proposal 5 .  The shareholders voted on an advisory basis that the frequency of future advisory votes to approve compensation for the Company’s named executive officers be annual:

Shares Voted

“One Year”

Shares Voted

“Two Years”

Shares Voted

“Three Years”

Shares Voted “Abstain”    

19,592,672

1,003,428

2,250,361

1,085,978

 

 

Item 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d) Exhibits – None.

 

 

 

 

 

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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.

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UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

 

Date: December 1, 2017

By:  : /s/DAVID I. ROSENTHAL    

 

         David I. Rosenthal

 

         Treasurer, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer

 

        

 

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