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): April 21, 2016

FLIR SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

OREGON
0-21918
93-0708501
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

27700 SW Parkway Avenue
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070
(503) 498-3547
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant’s 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 5.02.    DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS

On April 21, 2016, the Board of Directors of FLIR Systems, Inc. (the “Company” or “FLIR”) appointed Brian E. Harding, 35, as Vice President, Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer of the Company, effective May 6, 2016. Mr. Harding joined FLIR in May 2014 as Director, Finance and Accounting and became Vice President, Finance and Accounting in February 2016. Prior to joining FLIR, from May 2011 to May 2014 Mr. Harding served as a Senior Manager at KPMG LLP (US). From October 2010 to May 2011, Mr. Harding served as a Senior Manager in the US Accounting and Reporting Group at KPMG LLP (UK) and from August 2008 to October 2010, as a Manager in the US Accounting and Reporting Group at KPMG Accountants, NV (NL). Additionally, Mr. Harding served in various auditing and tax accounting roles at KPMG LLP (US) from October 2003 to August 2008. Mr. Harding is a CPA and has a BA in Finance and Accounting from Pacific University.

Mr. Harding replaces David A. Muessle, FLIR’s current Vice President, Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer who announced his retirement from the Company effective May 6, 2016. 


Item 5.07    SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

FLIR Systems, Inc.’s (the “Company”) annual meeting of shareholders was held on April 22, 2016 (the “Annual Meeting”), at which the following persons were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors by the votes and for the terms indicated:

 
 
Vote
 
 
 
 

Director
 

For
 

Against
 

Abstain
 
Broker
Non-Votes
 
Term
Ending
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John D. Carter
 
114,715,074

 
3,094,731

 
33,251
 
7,608,453

 
2017
William W. Crouch
 
115,221,782

 
2,589,580

 
31,694
 
7,608,453

 
2017
Catherine A. Halligan
 
114,879,485

 
2,931,296

 
32,275
 
7,608,453

 
2017
Earl R. Lewis
 
113,214,029

 
3,484,558

 
1,144,469
 
7,608,453

 
2017
Angus L. Macdonald
 
112,806,288

 
5,004,441

 
32,327
 
7,608,453

 
2017
Michael T. Smith
 
112,976,861

 
4,834,260

 
31,935
 
7,608,453

 
2017
Cindy A. Stauffer
 
115,374,661

 
2,439,035

 
29,360
 
7,608,453

 
2017
Andrew C. Teich
 
115,263,929

 
2,544,800

 
34,327
 
7,608,453

 
2017
John W. Wood, Jr.
 
116,873,980

 
934,091

 
34,985
 
7,608,453

 
2017
Steven E. Wynne

 
113,826,015

 
3,982,565

 
34,476
 
7,608,453

 
2017

At the Annual Meeting, the proposal to ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 was approved by the following votes:

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker
Non-Votes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
119,082,543
 
6,315,487
 
53,479
 
0










At the Annual Meeting, the proposal to approve an amendment of the Company’s Second Articles of Incorporation to Adopt a Majority Vote Standard for the removal of Directors was approved by the following votes:

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker
Non-Votes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
117,640,369
 
144,762
 
57,925
 
7,608,453

At the Annual Meeting, the proposal to approve an amendment of the Company’s Second Articles of Incorporation to Adopt a Majority Vote Standard to amend, alter, change or repeal the provision relating to the removal of Directors in the Company’s Second Articles of Incorporation was approved by the following votes:

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker
Non-Votes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
117,617,510
 
166,975
 
58,571
 
7,608,453

At the Annual Meeting, the shareholder proposal to request, on a precatory basis, the Company’s Board of Directors take steps necessary so that each voting requirement in the Company’s charter and bylaws that calls for a greater than simple majority vote be eliminated and replaced by a requirement for a majority of the votes cast for and against applicable proposals (or a simple majority in compliance with applicable laws) was approved by the following votes:

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker
Non-Votes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
100,791,843
 
16,905,622
 
145,591
 
7,608,453




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 on April 25, 2016.

FLIR SYSTEMS, INC.
(Registrant)


By      /s/ Todd M. Duchene    
Todd M. DuChene    
Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary

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