Form 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 17, 2011

 

 

XERIUM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-32498   42-1558674

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

8537 Six Forks Road, Suite 300, Raleigh, North Carolina 27615

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (919) 526-1400

 

(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 17, 2011, at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Xerium Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), the stockholders of the Company approved Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment No. 1”) to the Company’s 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, which increased the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock that may be delivered under or in satisfaction of awards under such plan from 463,525 to 913,525, subject to certain additions described in the plan, and provided that the number of shares that may be delivered under or in satisfaction of awards under the plan shall be determined net of shares withheld from an award in satisfaction of tax withholding requirements. Amendment No. 1 was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on April 19, 2011.

 

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

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was held on June 17, 2011. All director nominees were elected and the votes cast with respect to such elections were as follows:

 

Director

    Votes Received      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Stephen R. Light

      11,168,132         107,851         1,436,171   

David A. Bloss, Sr.

      11,235,904         40,079         1,436,171   

Ambassador April H. Foley

      11,168,085         107,898         1,436,171   

Jay J. Gurandiano

      11,168,251         107,732         1,436,171   

John F. McGovern

      11,168,414         107,569         1,436,171   

Edward F. Paquette

      11,162,946         113,037         1,436,171   

Marc L. Saiontz

      11,168,172         107,811         1,436,171   

James F. Wilson

      11,168,419         107,564         1,436,171   

Additionally, the following matters were voted upon at the meeting and the votes cast with respect to such matters were as follows:

 

     Votes Cast                
     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  

Approval of Amendment No. 1 to the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan

      10,472,682         792,355         10,946         1,436,171   

Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm for 2011

      12,676,629         26,649         8,876         —     

Advisory vote on executive compensation

      11,127,285         73,168         75,529         1,436,172   

 

     Every 1 Year      Every 2 Years      Every 3 Years      Abstain      Broker Non-Vote  

Advisory vote on frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation

      3,519,339         8,790         7,691,716         56,138         1,436,171   

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.

 

  XERIUM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: June 23, 2011   By:  

/s/ Clifford E. Pietrafitta

  Name:   Clifford E. Pietrafitta
  Title:   Executive Vice President and CFO