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 20, 2018



RICEBRAN TECHNOLOGIES
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



California
0-32565
87-0673375
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

1330 Lake Robbins Drive, Suite 250
The Woodlands, TX
 
 
77380
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (602) 522-3000

(Former name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)



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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

On June 20, 2018, the shareholders of Ricebran Technologies (“RBT”) approved an amendment to the Company's 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (“2014 Plan”) increasing the number of shares of common stock issuable thereunder by 3,000,000.

A copy of the 2014 Plan, as amended, is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

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

RBT’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on June 20, 2018.  At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders voted on the following proposals and cast their votes as described below.


1.
Election of eight (8) members to the board of directors:

   
Votes For

Votes Withheld
Robert D. Smith, Ph.D.
 
13,053,957
 
213,767
Brent Rosenthal
 
11,632,118
 
744,878
Beth Bronner
 
13,031,133
 
236,591
Robert S. Bucklin
 
13,111,117
 
156,607
Ari Gendason
 
13,047,360
 
220,364
David Goldman
 
12,929,501
 
338,223
Baruch Halpern
 
11,289,112
 
1,087,884
Henk W. Hoogenkamp
 
12,809,181
 
458,543

Each director nominee was elected a director of RiceBran Technologies.


2.
Approval of an amendment to RBT’s 2014 Plan to increase by 3,000,000 shares the number of shares authorized for issuance thereunder:

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstained
10,763,709
 
2,178,612
 
325,403

This proposal was approved.


3.
Approval, on a nonbinding advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers:

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstained
12,300,912
 
608,432
 
358,380

This proposal was approved.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
     
 
2014 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.

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.

 
RICEBRAN TECHNOLOGIES
     
Date:  June 25, 2018
By:
/s/ Robert Smith
   
Robert Smith
   
Chief Executive Officer
   
(Duly Authorized Officer)