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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):

February 4, 2025

 

 

DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-32431   90-0199783
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1275 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103-1410

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(415) 558-0200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Class A common stock, $0.001 par value   DLB   The New York Stock Exchange

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 5.03.

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

At the Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (the “Company”) 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), held on February 4, 2025 via live webcast, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide for the exculpation of certain of the Company’s officers from liability in specific circumstances, as permitted by Delaware law (the “Charter Amendment”). A description of the Charter Amendment was set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 20, 2024. The Charter Amendment became effective upon the filing of a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 5, 2025 (the “Certificate of Amendment”).

The foregoing description of the Charter Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

5.07(a) and (b)

The information set forth in Item 5.03 above is incorporated by reference herein. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders:

 

  1.

Elected eight directors to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified;

 

  2.

Approved an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers;

 

  3.

Approved, on an advisory basis, one year as the frequency of holding future advisory votes to approve named executive officer compensation;

 

  4.

Approved the Charter Amendment; and

 

  5.

Ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending September 26, 2025.

Each share of the Company’s Class A common stock is entitled to one vote, and each share of the Company’s Class B common stock is entitled to ten votes, on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting. The Class A common stock and Class B common stock vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, except as may otherwise be required by law. At the Annual Meeting, the holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock voted as follows:

Proposal 1 - Election of directors:

 

Director   Votes For   Votes Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
Kevin Yeaman   401,881,678   1,531,011   3,907,283
Peter Gotcher   376,131,026   27,281,663   3,907,283
David Dolby   383,437,903   19,974,786   3,907,283
Tony Prophet   402,176,649   1,236,040   3,907,283
Emily Rollins   402,157,515   1,255,174   3,907,283
Simon Segars   382,967,153   20,445,536   3,907,283
Anjali Sud   401,042,318   2,370,371   3,907,283
Avadis Tevanian, Jr.   382,227,407   21,185,282   3,907,283

All director nominees were duly elected.


Proposal 2 - Approval of an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
400,557,293   2,791,215   64,182   3,907,283

Proposal 2 was approved.

Proposal 3 – Approval of an advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes to approve named executive officer compensation:

 

1 Year   2 Years   3 Years   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
402,427,139   24,550   913,914   47,086   3,907,283

A frequency of one year was approved.

Proposal 4 - Approval of the Charter Amendment:

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
367,830,455   35,533,332   48,901   3,907,283

Proposal 4 was approved.

Proposal 5 - Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending September 26, 2025:

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions
405,989,852   1,275,349   54,771

Proposal 5 was approved.


5.07(d)

In accordance with the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors, the Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, one year as the frequency for holding future advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. In light of such approval, the Company intends to hold an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers on an annual basis until the next required vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation.

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

3.1    Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)


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.

 

DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ ANDY SHERMAN

  Andy Sherman
  Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Date: February 7, 2025

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC.

(Pursuant to Section 242 of the

General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware)

Dolby Laboratories, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), certifies that:

1. The name of the Corporation is Dolby Laboratories, Inc. The Corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 1, 2004.

2. This Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the stockholders of the Corporation.

3. This Certificate of Amendment amends the following provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on January 12, 2005 and shall be effective upon filing of this Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

4. Section 1 of Article VII of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“1. To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware as the same exists or as may hereafter be amended, a director or officer of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer. If the General Corporation Law of Delaware is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors or officers, then the liability of a director or officer of the Corporation shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as so amended.”

[Signature Page Follows]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly executed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation on this fifth day of February, 2025.

 

By:   /s/ Andy Sherman
Name:   Andy Sherman
Title:   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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