Form 8-K

 

 

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): June 1, 2016

 

 

EQUINIX, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-31293   77-0487526

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

One Lagoon Drive

Redwood City, California 94065

(650) 598-6000

(Addresses of principal executive offices)

 

 

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:

 

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

The Annual Meeting of Equinix, Inc. (“Equinix”) was held on June 1, 2016 (the “Annual Meeting”) for the purpose of considering and voting on:

 

    Election of ten directors to the Board of Directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified;

 

    Approval by a non-binding advisory vote of the compensation of Equinix’s named executive officers; and

 

    Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Equinix’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016.

At the close of business on April 20, 2016, the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, there were 69,429,078 shares of Equinix’s Common Stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The holders of 63,410,785 shares of Equinix’s Common Stock were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum.

At the Annual Meeting, all of the nominated directors were elected and all other proposals submitted to the Equinix stockholders were approved.

The vote with respect to the election of the directors was as follows:

 

    

For

    

Withheld

    

Broker Non-Votes

 

Thomas Bartlett

     60,556,774         131,760         2,722,251   

Nanci Caldwell

     60,559,273         129,261         2,722,251   

Gary Hromadko

     59,571,081         1,117,453         2,722,251   

John Hughes

     59,207,270         1,481,264         2,722,251   

Scott Kriens

     59,520,083         1,168,451         2,722,251   

William Luby

     60,553,032         135,502         2,722,251   

Irving Lyons, III

     60,556,647         131,887         2,722,251   

Christopher Paisley

     51,507,521         9,181,013         2,722,251   

Stephen Smith

     60,320,925         367,609         2,722,251   

Peter Van Camp

     56,209,647         4,478,887         2,722,251   

With respect to the proposal to approve by a non-binding advisory vote the compensation of Equinix’s named executive officers, there were 58,505,929 votes “For,” 1,999,499 votes “Against,” 183,106 abstentions and 2,722,251 Broker Non Votes.


With respect to the proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Equinix’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, there were 62,320,095 votes “For,” 1,078,640 votes “Against” and 12,050 abstentions.


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.

 

    EQUINIX, INC.
DATE: June 2, 2016     By:  

  /s/ Keith Taylor

      Keith Taylor
      Chief Financial Officer