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 1, 2016 (May 26, 2016)



Arrhythmia Research Technology, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)





Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization)

1-9731

(Commission File Number)

72-0925679

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)



25 Sawyer Passway

Fitchburg, MA 01420

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)



(978) 345-5000

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)









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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):



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

On May 26, 2016, Arrhythmia Research Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) conducted its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The matters submitted to stockholders were: (1) the re-election of Dr. Paul F. Walter and Mr. Marco F. Benedetti as Class III directors (terms expiring at the 2019 annual meeting), (2) the approval of the non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation ("say-on-pay"), (3) the ratification of the appointment of Wolf and Company, P.C. as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, and (4) the authorization to adjourn the Annual Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to allow time for further solicitation of proxies, in the event there are insufficient votes present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting to approve the proposals.



Each of the proposals submitted to stockholders was adopted with the following votes:



(1) To re-elect two Class III directors to hold office for three years until the 2019 annual meeting and until their successors are duly elected and qualified:



 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominees

Votes For

Votes Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Dr. Paul F. Walter

1,022,022

 

622,696

 

 

830,713

Mr. Marco F. Benedetti

1,117,777

 

526,941

 

 

830,713



(2) To approve a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation ("say-on-pay"):



 

 

 





 

 

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

1,405,580

216,831

22,307

830,713



(3) To ratify the appointment of Wolf & Co., P.C. as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm:



 

 





 

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstain

2,442,042

30,358

2,831



(4) Authorization to adjourn the Annual Meeting:



 

 





 

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstain

2,329,441

63,187

82,803



 


 

 



Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure



On June 1, 2016, Arrhythmia Research Technology, Inc. (the “Company”), at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors, named Mr. Jason R. Chambers, Chairman of the Board, effective June 2, 2016.



Mr. Chambers has served as a director of the Company since 2006. Mr. Chambers has served as President of Mountain Brook Water, a water bottling and distribution company, from 2002 to present, and from 2001 to present has served as a consultant assisting The Chambers Medical Foundation, a private foundation (the "Foundation"), in assessing medical grant applications. Mr. Chambers was appointed Trustee of the Foundation in 2011. The Foundation beneficially owns approximately 10% of the Company’s outstanding common stock. Mr. Chambers holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Vanderbilt University School of Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University with a concentration in finance and marketing. Mr. Chambers is also a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Hematologic Oncology visiting committee member and a member of Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering Board of Visitors.    Mr. Chambers brings over 15 years of practical business and finance experience as the president of a growing enterprise along with knowledge of and relationships with the medical community through his non-profit activities.



A copy of the press release announcing such appointment is furnished as Exhibit 99.01.



Dr. Paul F. Walter, the Company’s previous Chairman of the Board, will continue to serve as a director of the Company.

At the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Board of Directors made the following committee appointments:





 

 





 

 

Audit Committee

 

E. P. Marinos (Chairperson)

Marco F. Benedetti

Robert A. Mello

Compensation Committee

 

Paul F. Walter (Chairperson)

E. P. Marinos

Robert A. Mello

Executive & Finance Committee

 

Jason R. Chambers (Chairperson)

Robert A. Mello

Marco Benedetti

Salvatore Emma, Jr.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

 

Jason R. Chambers (Chairperson)

E. P. Marinos

Paul F. Walter

 



The information in this Item 7.01 disclosure, including Exhibit 99.01, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section. In addition, the information in this Item 7.01 disclosure, including Exhibit 99.01, shall not be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.



Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits.



Exhibit No.    Description

 


 

 



 

99.01

Press Release dated June 1, 2016. 



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, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fitchburg, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 1st day of June, 2016.

ARRHYTHMIA RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY, INC.

By: /s/ Derek T. Welch

          Derek T. Welch

Chi                                                                                                                                          Chief Financial Officer