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):  August 29, 2019

 

GSI Technology, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-33387

 

77-0398779

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(Commission File No.)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification

incorporation)

 

 

 

No.)

 

1213 Elko Drive
Sunnyvale, California 94089

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(408) 331-8800

 

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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class:

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered:

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

 

GSIT

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

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 Exchange Act.   o

 

 

 


 

Item 1.01  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On August 30, 2019, GSI Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a purchase order (the “Purchase Order”) with Wistron NeWeb Corp (“WNC”).  The purchase order provides for an ongoing relationship, with a term of up to one year, between the Company and WNC whereby WNC will perform non-recurring engineering services in connection with the development of a 167mm single-APU PCIe board to be used in the Company’s in-place associative computing product, Gemini I™.  The expected amount to be paid pursuant to the Purchase Order is $226,525, which would be paid by the Company within 30 days after completion of the work.

 

Haydn Hsieh, a member of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), is the Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of WNC.  Due to the related-party aspect of this transaction, the Purchase Order was approved by the Audit Committee of the Board (the “Committee”) in accordance with the Committee’s charter.  Mr. Hsieh, who is a member of the Committee, abstained from the vote approving the terms of the Purchase Order.

 

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

 

The Company held its annual meeting of stockholders on August 29, 2019.  At the annual meeting, the matters set forth below were submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders.  The final tally of shares voted for, against or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, as to each such matter, where applicable, are set forth below.

 

1.                                      The Company’s stockholders elected the following seven persons to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, with the votes cast as follows:

 

Director Nominees

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

Jack A. Bradley

 

13,865,992

 

1,675,652

 

4,242,765

 

E. Thomas Hart

 

15,229,063

 

312,581

 

4,242,765

 

Haydn Hsieh

 

15,367,705

 

173,939

 

4,242,765

 

Ruey L. Lu

 

15,089,194

 

452,450

 

4,242,765

 

Lee-Lean Shu

 

15,364,829

 

176,815

 

4,242,765

 

Arthur O. Whipple

 

15,222,542

 

319,102

 

4,242,765

 

Robert Yau

 

15,349,833

 

191,811

 

4,242,765

 

 

2.                                      The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020, with the votes cast as follows:

 

Votes For:

 

19,766,359

 

Votes Against:

 

14,660

 

Abstentions:

 

3,390

 

Broker Non-Votes:

 

0

 

 

3.                                      The Company’s stockholders approved an advisory (non-binding) resolution regarding the fiscal 2019 compensation of the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table, as disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement for the annual meeting, with the votes cast as follows:

 

Votes For:

 

15,448,619

 

Votes Against:

 

74,172

 

Abstentions:

 

18,853

 

Broker Non-Votes:

 

4,242,765

 

 

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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.

 

Date: September 4, 2019

 

 

 

 

GSI Technology, Inc.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Douglas M. Schirle

 

 

Douglas M. Schirle

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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