UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date

May 27, 2021

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

TELKONET, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Utah

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

000-31972 87-0627421
(Commission File No.) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

20800 Swenson Drive, Suite 175, Waukesha, WI 53186

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

414.302.2299

(Registrant's Telephone Number)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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
None None None

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, $0.001 par value

 

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   ¨

 

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.  ¨

 

 

   
 

 

 

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

 

Telkonet, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Annual Meeting”) on May 27, 2021.

Set forth below are the results of the matters voted on by the Company's stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

 

a)          Under plurality voting, the five nominees who receive the most “Voted For” votes are elected as directors. The certified tabulation of voting results provided by the independent inspector of elections is set forth below. Each of the persons named below was elected to the Company’s board of directors to serve until the next annual meeting of the stockholders or his earlier resignation or removal: 

 

Board of Director’s Nominees:   Votes For   Votes Withheld   Broker Non-Vote
Leland D. Blatt   55,319,962   8,384,999   23,353,354
Arthur E. Byrnes   55,130,743   8,574,218   23,353,354
Peter T. Kross   54,470,562   9,234,399   23,353,354
Tim S. Ledwick   56,434,722   7,270,239   23,353,354
Jason L. Tienor   55,935,883   7,769,078   23,353,354

 

b)          According to the certified tabulation of voting results provided by the independent inspector of elections, the stockholders ratified the appointment of Wipfli, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2021:

 

  Votes For   Votes Against   Abstain
  81,159,895   499,389   5,399,031

 

c)          According to the certified tabulation of voting results provided by the independent inspector of elections, the stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. The results of the vote are in the table below:

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Vote
55,659,701   3,988,697   4,056,563   23,353,354

 

 

There were no broker non-votes for matter b) listed above.

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

  TELKONET, INC.
   
Date: 6/2/2021  
  By: /s/ Richard E. Mushrush
  Richard E. Mushrush
  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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