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): June 2, 2016

 

 

MANITEX INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Michigan   001-32401   42-1628978

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

9725 Industrial Drive, Bridgeview, Illinois 60455

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(708) 430-7500

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(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:

 

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

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


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

Manitex International, Inc. held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 2, 2016. The following is a summary of the matters voted on at that meeting.

 

  (a) Proposal 1 —The stockholders elected Manitex International, Inc.’s entire Board of Directors to serve until the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders. The persons elected to Manitex’s Board of Directors and the number of shares cast for, the number of shares withheld, and broker non-votes, with respect to each of these persons, were as follows:

 

     For      Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Ronald M. Clark

     7,594,767         850,253         3,787,583   

Robert S. Gigliotti

     7,366,610         1,078,410         3,787,583   

Frederick B. Knox

     7,612,783         832,237         3,787,583   

David J. Langevin

     7,821,805         623,215         3,787,583   

Marvin B. Rosenberg

     7,638,579         806,441         3,787,583   

Stephen J. Tober

     7,604,933         840,087         3,787,583   

 

  (b) Proposal 2 —The shareholders ratified the appointment of UHY LLP as Manitex’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016. The number of shares cast in favor of the ratification of UHY, the number against, the number abstaining, and broker non-votes were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

12,176,636   42,283   13,684

 

  (c) Proposal 3 —The shareholders approved in an advisory vote the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The number of shares cast in favor, number against and number abstaining are as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

7,864,907   401,314   178,799   3,787,583

 

  (d) Proposal 4 —The shareholders voted to approve the amendment to the Company’s 2004 Equity Incentive Plan that increase the number of shares that can be issued under the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan from 917,046 shares to 1,329,364 shares. The number of share cast for the amendment, number against and number abstaining are as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

7,959,957   403,417   81,646

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

See the Exhibit Index set forth below for a list of exhibits included with this Current Report on Form 8-K.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

MANITEX INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:  

/ S / D AVID H. G RANSEE

Name:   David H. Gransee
Title:   Vice President and CFO

Date: June 3, 2016


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

10.1    Second Amendment to Manitex International, Inc.’s Second Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.

Exhibit 10.1

SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

MANITEX INTERNATIONAL, INC.

2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

WHEREAS , Manitex International, Inc. (“Company”), previously adopted the Second Amended and Restated Manitex International, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, “Plan”); and

WHEREAS , the Company reserved the right to amend the Plan in Section 7(a) thereof; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the First Amendment to Plan, the Company previously amended the plan to increase the number of shares of Company common stock authorized for issuance thereunder to 917,046 from 500,000; and

WHEREAS , subject to the approval of the Stockholders of the Company, the Company desires to further amend Plan to increase the total number of shares both already issued, and yet to be issued from the authorized amount of 917,046 to 1,329,364.

NOW THEREFORE , subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Company’s Stockholders, the Plan is amended by deleting the first full sentence of Section 4(a)(i) in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“The number of Shares with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan shall be 1,329,364 Shares.”

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Company has caused this Amendment to be executed as of this 2 day of June, 2016.