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): June 7, 2018

 

BOINGO WIRELESS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (310) 586-5180

 

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

 

Boingo Wireless, Inc. (the “Company”) held the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 7, 2018 (the “Annual Meeting”) and the Company filed its definitive proxy statement for the proposals voted upon at the Annual Meeting with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2018 (the “Proxy Statement”).

 

At the close of business on April 13, 2018, the record date of the Annual Meeting, the Company had 41,756,449 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. The holders of a total of 37,836,842 shares of common stock were present at the Annual Meeting, either in person or by proxy, which total constituted a quorum of the issued and outstanding shares on the record date of the Annual Meeting.

 

The following proposals were submitted to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting:

 

1.                     The election of two Class I directors to serve until the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders.

 

2.                     The ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.

 

3.                     An advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation.

 

4.                     An advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation of one, two or three years.

 

The number of votes cast for and against and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter voted upon, as applicable, are set forth below:

 

1.              Board of Directors Election Results

 

The following nominees were elected to serve as Class I directors for a term that will continue until the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified.  The number of votes cast for and against and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes for each nominee were as follows:

 

Director Name		Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
David Hagan		32,967,221		919,858		1,393		3,948,370
Lance Rosenzweig		33,713,965		172,114		2,393		3,948,370

 

The following directors, in addition to Messrs. Hagan and Rosenzweig, will continue to serve as members of the Board until the expiration of their respective terms or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified: Maury Austin, Chuck Davis, Mike Finley, Terrell Jones and Kathy Misunas.

 

2.              Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018. The number of votes cast for and against and the number of abstentions for this proposal were as follows (there were no broker non-votes for this proposal):

 

 

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3.              Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

 

The Company’s stockholders did not approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement. The number of votes cast for and against and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes were as follows:

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
15,361,185		18,466,582		60,705		3,948,370

 

4.              Advisory Vote on Frequency of the Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

 

The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the frequency of the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers to be “One Year”. The number of votes cast for each frequency and the number of abstentions were as follows:

 

One Year		Two Years		Three Years		Abstentions
31,962,786		4,164		1,867,507		54,015

 

Based on the voting results of Proposal 4 described above, and consistent with the Board’s recommendation, the Board expects that it will hold future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers each year until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation, which will occur no later than the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders.

 

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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.

 

	BOINGO WIRELESS, INC.
DATE: June 11, 2018	By:	/s/ Peter Hovenier
		Peter Hovenier
		Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

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