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):  June 15, 2015

 

 

PARKERVISION, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

 

Florida

000-22904

59-2971472

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

7915 Baymeadows Way, Jacksonville, Florida

32256

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(904) 732-6100

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

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

 

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

 

The Company held its 2015 annual meeting of shareholders on June 15, 2015.  At the annual meeting,  the Company’s shareholders considered proposals: (1) to elect two members of the Company’s board of directors to hold office until the third ensuing annual meeting and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified;  (2) to approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s named executive officer compensation;  and (3)  to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PWC”) as the Company’s independent certified registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

The shareholders elected Messrs. Papken der Torossian and David Sorrells to the Board of Directors.  The following is a tabulation of votes cast for and withheld from each director, as well as the number of broker non-votes with respect to each director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominee

 

 

For

 

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-votes

Papken der Torossian

 

27,572,993

 

582,135

 

48,221,430

David Sorrells

 

26,526,170

 

1,628,958

 

48,221,430

 

The shareholders also approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s named executive officer compensation.  The following is a tabulation of votes cast for and against the proposal, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes.  

 

 

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-votes

25,730,801

 

468,150

 

1,956,177

 

48,221,430

 

The shareholders also ratified the selection of PWC as the Company’s independent certified registered public accounting firm.  The following is a tabulation of votes cast for and against the ratification of PWC, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes.  

 

 

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-votes

74,937,752

 

841,159

 

597,647

 

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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.

 

 

Dated: June 19, 2015

PARKERVISION, INC.

 

 

 

By:/s/ Cynthia Poehlman

Cynthia Poehlman

Chief Financial Officer

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