UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): April 19, 2018

 

SILICON LABORATORIES INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-29823

 

74-2793174

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

400 West Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX

 

78701

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (512) 416-8500

 

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):

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Emerging growth company o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. o

 

 

 



 

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

 

On April 19, 2018, Silicon Laboratories Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  The matters voted upon at the meeting and the results of those votes were as follows:

 

Proposal 1 — Election of Class I Directors

 

 

 

Votes
For

 

Votes
Against

 

Votes
Abstaining

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

G. Tyson Tuttle

 

38,181,704

 

243,468

 

10,517

 

2,574,473

 

Sumit Sadana

 

37,916,389

 

485,835

 

33,465

 

2,574,473

 

Gregg Lowe

 

38,339,438

 

62,769

 

33,482

 

2,574,473

 

 

Proposal 2 — Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 29, 2018

 

Votes
For

 

Votes
Against

 

Votes
Abstaining

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

40,541,417

 

338,628

 

130,117

 

 

 

Proposal 3 — Approval, by non-binding vote, of the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement

 

Votes
For

 

Votes
Against

 

Votes
Abstaining

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

35,832,519

 

2,560,553

 

42,617

 

2,574,473

 

 

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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.

 

 

SILICON LABORATORIES INC.

 

 

 

 

April 19, 2018

 

/s/ John C. Hollister

Date

 

John C. Hollister
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

 

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