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 9, 2020
RESONANT INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
001-36467
45-4320930
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
175 Cremona Drive, Suite 200
 
 
Goleta, California
93117
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(805) 308-9803
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
 
Trading Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
 
RESN
 
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Amendment to Equity Plan
On June 9, 2020, we amended the Resonant Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as previously amended, to increase the maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to all types of awards granted under the plan from 9,950,000 to 14,950,000 shares. The plan amendment was adopted by our Board of Directors and approved by our stockholders at the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders held on June 9, 2020. The number of shares available for award under the plan is subject to adjustment for certain corporate changes in accordance with the provisions of the plan.
Amendment No. 4 to the Resonant Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Change in Titles of Executive Officers
On June 9, 2020, Robert Hammond's title was changed from Co-Chief Technology Officer to Chief Technology Officer Emeritus, a non-officer position at Resonant, and Neal Fenzi's title was changed from Co-Chief Technology Officer to Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Fenzi now holds alone the duties of chief technology officer of the company.
Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Resonant Inc. held its 2020 annual meeting of stockholders on June 9, 2020. At the annual meeting, there were 52,745,384 shares entitled to vote, and 34,826,401 shares (66.02%) were represented at the annual meeting in person or by proxy.
At the annual meeting, Mr. Rubén Caballero, Mr. Michael Fox, Mr. George Holmes, Mr. Alan Howe, Mr. Jack Jacobs, Mr. Joshua Jacobs, Ms. Jean Rankin and Mr. Robert Tirva were elected directors by a plurality of the votes. Also at the annual meeting, our stockholders voted to approve an amendment of the Resonant Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan to increase the maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to awards granted thereunder from 9,950,000 to 14,950,000 shares, to ratify the appointment of Crowe LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, for approval of the compensation of our executive officers, and for the frequency of an advisory vote on executive compensation to be one year.
The following summarizes vote results for those matters submitted to our stockholders for action at the annual meeting:
1.
Proposal to elect Rubén Caballero, Michael J. Fox, George B. Holmes, Alan B. Howe, Jack H. Jacobs, Joshua Jacobs, Jean F. Rankin and Robert Tirva as directors to hold office until the 2021 annual meeting or until their successors are elected and qualified.
Name
For
Withhold
Broker Non-Votes
Rubén Caballero
17,131,637
165,159
17,529,605
Michael J. Fox
15,766,679
1,530,117
17,529,605
George B. Holmes
16,917,106
379,690
17,529,605
Alan B. Howe
15,310,060
1,986,736
17,529,605
Jack H. Jacobs
15,881,509
1,415,287
17,529,605
Joshua Jacobs
16,908,567
388,229
17,529,605
Jean F. Rankin
16,984,475
312,321
17,529,605
Robert Tirva
17,129,998
166,798
17,529,605





2.
Proposal to approve an amendment of the Resonant Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan to increase the maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to awards granted thereunder from 9,950,000 to 14,950,000 shares.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
15,083,594
2,132,423
80,779
17,529,605

3.
Proposal to ratify the selection of Crowe LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
34,021,358
626,684
178,359
0

4.    Proposal to approve, through an advisory vote, the compensation of our executive officers.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
15,575,922
1,580,652
140,222
17,529,605

5.
Proposal to approve, through an advisory vote, an annual frequency for the advisory vote on approval of the compensation of our executive officers.
For 1-year Frequency
For 2-year Frequency
For 3-year Frequency
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
16,341,676
248,051
628,760
78,309
0


Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
10.1










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.
Date: June 10, 2020
 
Resonant Inc.
 
By:
/s/ Martin S. McDermut
 
 
Martin S. McDermut
 
 
Chief Financial Officer



Exhibit 10.1

RESONANT INC.
AMENDMENT NO. 4
TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED
2014 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
This Amendment No. 4 (this “Amendment”) to the Resonant Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is effective as of June 9, 2020, by action of the Board of Directors of Resonant Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
1.    Section 3.1(a) of the Plan is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“(a) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12.2, a total of 14,950,000 Shares shall be authorized for grant under the Plan (the “Maximum Plan Shares”). Any Shares that are subject to Awards shall be counted against this limit as one (1) Share for every one (1) Share granted.”
I hereby certify that the foregoing Amendment was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on March 10, 2020, and approved by the stockholders of the Company at a meeting held on June 9, 2020.
Executed as of June 9, 2020    RESONANT INC.
By:    /s/ Martin S. McDermut    
    Name:    Martin S. McDermut
    Its:    Chief Financial Officer