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): June 7, 2010

 
NESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
000-50954
98-0346908
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
Ness Tower, Atidim High-Tech Industrial Park, Bldg 4, Tel Aviv  
61580 Israel
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +972 (3) 766-6800

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):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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

On June 7, 2010, Ness Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), held its 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
 
The following matters were submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting: (i) the election of eight directors to serve until the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified; (ii) the approval of an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the maximum number of shares of the Company’s common stock that may be issued under the plan from 5,000,000 to 7,000,000; and (iii) the ratification of the appointment of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010. The number of shares of common stock outstanding and eligible to vote as of the record date of April 12, 2010 was 38,282,590.
 
Each of the matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting was approved by the requisite vote of the Company’s stockholders.  Set forth below is the number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes as to each such matter, including a separate tabulation with respect to each nominee for director, as applicable:
 

Nominee
 
For
   
Withheld
 
Aharon Fogel
    24,190,616       2,695,888  
Sachi Gerlitz
    26,374,282       512,222  
Morris Wolfson
    25,030,437       1,856,067  
Dr. Satyam C. Cherukuri
    26,535,451       351,053  
Dan S. Suesskind
    25,205,035       1,681,469  
P. Howard Edelstein
    22,888,930       3,997,574  
Gabriel Eichler
    26,536,601       349,903  
Ajit Bhushan
    26,535,051       351,453  
 
Proposal
 
For
   
Against
   
Abstain
   
Broker
Non-Vote
 
Amendment to Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan
    17,877,064       8,993,454       15,986       4,635,198  
                                 
Ratification of Appointment of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer
    31,287,762       231,026       2,914        
 
 
 

 

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.


 
NESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
   
   
Dated: June 7, 2010
By:
/s/ Ilan Rotem
   
Name:
Ilan Rotem
   
Title:
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary


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