Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 22, 2021
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PEGASYSTEMS INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Massachusetts
1-11859
04-2787865
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
One Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA02142-1209
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(617) 374-9600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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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, $.01 par value per share
PEGA
NASDAQ Global Select Market
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on June 22, 2021. At the Annual Meeting, the following items were presented to the shareholders of the Company for their approval, and the shareholders voted as follows:
1. To elect the seven nominees named in the Company’s definitive proxy statement to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until its 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Each nominee for director was elected by a vote of shareholders as follows:
Peter Gyenes
Richard Jones
Christopher Lafond
DianneLedingham
SharonRowlands
Alan Trefler
Larry Weber
FOR
66,697,746
71,213,382
71,778,693
71,818,449
71,792,680
71,924,797
65,434,134
AGAINST
5,804,544
1,291,140
723,386
686,591
712,191
554,206
7,067,583
ABSTAIN
19,877
17,645
20,088
17,127
17,296
43,164
20,450
NON VOTES
4,366,041
4,366,041
4,366,041
4,366,041
4,366,041
4,366,041
4,366,041
2. To approve, by a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved on a non-binding advisory basis by a vote of shareholders as follows:
Executive Compensation
FOR
68,168,311
AGAINST
4,321,691
ABSTAIN
32,165
NON VOTES
4,366,041
3. To consider, if properly presented at the meeting, a shareholder proposal regarding shareholder proxy access. The shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal regarding shareholder proxy access by a vote as follows:
4. To ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021. The proposal was approved by a vote of shareholders as follows:
Auditors
FOR
75,957,743
AGAINST
901,465
ABSTAIN
29,000
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL)
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.
Pegasystems Inc.
Dated:
June 28, 2021
By:
/s/ MATTHEW J. CUSHING
Matthew J. Cushing
Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, General Counsel and Secretary