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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): June 8, 2022
KVH Industries, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
0-28082
05-0420589
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.) 

50 Enterprise Center, Middletown, RI 02842
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(401) 847-3327
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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 ClassTrading Symbol(s)Name of Each Exchange on which Registered
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per shareKVHI
(NASDAQ Global Select Market)

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.

At the annual meeting of stockholders on June 8, 2022, our stockholders voted:

to elect Charles R. Trimble as Class II director for a three-year term expiring in 2025;

to approve the KVH Industries, Inc. Amended and Restated 2016 Equity and Incentive Plan, which increases the number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan;

to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers; and

to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022.

The final results of such voting, as certified by the independent inspector of election, are set forth below.

Proposal #1 - To elect one Class II director to a three-year term.

Name of Director
Nominee
Number of Votes
Cast For
Number of Votes Cast Against
Number of Abstentions
Number of Broker
Non-Votes
Charles R. Trimble12,426,325840,018157,3092,873,584

Proposal #2 - To approve the KVH Industries, Inc. Amended and Restated 2016 Equity and Incentive Plan.

Number of Votes Cast ForNumber of Votes Cast AgainstNumber of
Abstentions
Number of Broker
Non-Votes
11,860,4821,434,923128,2472,873,584

Proposal #3 - To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers.

Number of Votes Cast ForNumber of Votes Cast AgainstNumber of
Abstentions
Number of Broker
Non-Votes
12,385,399829,269208,9842,873,584


Proposal #4 - To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm.

Number of Votes Cast ForNumber of Votes Cast AgainstNumber of Abstentions
16,093,729179,22724,280






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.
KVH INDUSTRIES, INC.
Date: June 10, 2022BY:/s/ Roger A. Kuebel
Roger A. Kuebel
Chief Financial Officer