NTGR 2013.06.05 8K
             
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): May 31, 2013
 
 NETGEAR, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
000-50350
 
77-0419172
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
 
 
 
 
350 East Plumeria Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
 
 
(408) 907-8000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)  
 
 
 
 
 

 
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Item 5.02(e)    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 31, 2013, the Company's stockholders approved the Company's Executive Bonus Plan (the “Bonus Plan”), which seeks to motivate key executives to perform to the best of their abilities and to achieve Company objectives by paying awards only after the achievement of specified goals. The Bonus Plan is designed to qualify as “performance-based” compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or Section 162(m). Under Section 162(m), the Company can receive a federal income tax deduction for “performance-based” compensation in amounts exceeding $1 million during a single year.

A copy of the Bonus Plan is attached as Appendix A to the Company's proxy statement, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2013.

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

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was held on May 31, 2013, at the Company's headquarters located at 350 East Plumeria Drive, San Jose, California, 95134, pursuant to the Notice sent on or about April 16, 2013 to all stockholders of record at the close of business on April 1, 2013.

At the meeting, 36,772,288 shares were represented in person or by proxy, which constituted a quorum. The results of the four proposals were as follows:

1. The election of nine (9) directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders:
 
 
For
 
Withheld
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-votes
Jocelyn Carter-Miller
 
34,827,625

 
76,265

 
0
 
1,868,398

Ralph E. Faison
 
34,823,307

 
80,583

 
0
 
1,868,398

A. Timothy Godwin
 
34,860,153

 
43,737

 
0
 
1,868,398

Jef Graham
 
34,822,992

 
80,898

 
0
 
1,868,398

Linwood A. Lacy, Jr.
 
34,860,008

 
43,882

 
0
 
1,868,398

Patrick C.S. Lo
 
34,324,267

 
579,623

 
0
 
1,868,398

Gregory J. Rossmann
 
34,652,365

 
251,525

 
0
 
1,868,398

Barbara V. Scherer
 
34,859,048

 
44,842

 
0
 
1,868,398

Julie A. Shimer
 
34,823,192

 
80,698

 
0
 
1,868,398


2. Approval of the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013:
For:
 
36,469,615

Against:
 
260,741

Abstain:
 
41,932

Broker Non-Votes:
 
0


3. Approval of the non-binding advisory proposal regarding executive compensation:

For:
 
34,557,854

Against:
 
288,963

Abstain:
 
57,073

Broker Non-Votes:
 
1,868,398





4. Approval of the Executive Bonus Plan:

For:
 
34,272,118

Against:
 
582,880

Abstain:
 
48,892

Broker Non-Votes:
 
1,868,398







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.

 
 
NETGEAR, INC.
 
 
 
Dated: June 5, 2013    
By:
 /s/ Andrew W. Kim    
 
 
Andrew W. Kim
 
 
Vice President, Legal and Corporate Development