Date of report (Date of
earliest event reported) May 28, 2004
(May 28, 2004)
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY
CORPORATION
(Exact Name of
Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)
| Delaware | 1-7534 | 84-0593263 |
| (State or jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
One StorageTek Drive,
Louisville, Colorado 80028-4309
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (303) 673-5151
Not applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Storage Technology Corporation's Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the Annual Meeting) was held on May 20, 2004. A total of 101,973,111 shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the Common Stock), were present at the Annual Meeting, either in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting by the stockholders consisted of the four proposals set forth in our definitive Proxy Statement, dated April 12, 2004.
The first proposal related to the election of seven persons to serve on our Board of Directors. The Board’s nominees were each elected and received, respectively, the following votes:
| Director |
For |
Withheld |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James R. Adams | 97,487,609 | 4,485,502 | |||
| Charles E. Foster | 97,818,473 | 4,154,638 | |||
| Mercedes Johnson | 98,212,148 | 3,760,963 | |||
| William T. Kerr | 97,801,839 | 4,171,272 | |||
| Robert E. Lee | 97,033,192 | 4,939,919 | |||
| Patrick J. Martin | 98,978,537 | 2,994,574 | |||
| Judy C. Odom | 98,211,857 | 3,761,254 |
The second proposal related to approval of our 2004 Long Term Incentive Plan. The third proposal related to approval of our 2004 Performance-Based Incentive Bonus Plan. These two proposals were approved as detailed below.
The fourth proposal was a stockholder proposal regarding cumulative voting. This proposal was rejected as detailed below.
| Proposal |
For |
Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposal 2 | 66,490,308 | 24,806,407 | 146,165 | 10,530,231 | |||||
| Proposal 3 | 87,118,028 | 4,183,156 | 142,588 | 10,529,339 | |||||
| Proposal 4 | 39,711,152 | 44,369,191 | 7,362,562 | 10,530,206 | |||||
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: May 28, 2004 | Storage Technology Corporation By: /s/ Thomas G. Arnold —————————————— Vice President, Corporate Controller |
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