Bronson, Howe, Leder, Wallis and Wolenski, Board’s Member, Qualstar
Elected at annual meeting of shareholders
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on July 3, 2013 at 2:49 pmQualstar Corporation announced the results for its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held June 28, 2013.
Based on information provided by the independent inspector of election, IVS Associates, Inc., shareholders have voted to elect Steven N. Bronson, Alan B. Howe, Sean M. Leder, Dale E. Wallis and David J. Wolenski as members of the Qualstar Board. They were nominated by BKF Capital Group, Inc. which, as the holder of 18.3% of Qualstar’s common stock, is the company’s second largest shareholder.
"As we move past a contested election for representation on the Qualstar board of directors, we welcome Steven Bronson, Alan Howe, Sean Leder, Dale Wallis and David Wolenski to the Qualstar board. I look forward to working collaboratively to ensure a smooth board transition," said Lawrence D. Firestone, Qualstar’s president and CEO. "We can now focus our full attention to our ongoing efforts to transform Qualstar and position it for long-term growth, sustainable profitability, market leadership and enhanced value for our shareholders. I would like to thank all of our departing directors for their service, dedication and commitment to Qualstar. I am particularly grateful to Allen Alley for his exemplary leadership as our independent COB."
Qualstar also announced that information provided by the independent inspector of election indicates that shareholders appear to have voted to
- not ratify the adoption by the Qualstar board of the Rights Agreement, dated February 5, 2013, by and between Qualstar and Corporate Stock Transfer, Inc., as Rights Agent,
- approve the amendment and restatement of the Qualstar Corporation 2008 Stock Incentive Plan, and
- approve the appointment of SingerLewak LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit Qualstar’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.
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