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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 of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 13, 2025

Hurco Companies, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Indiana

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-9143

35-1150732

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

One Technology Way

Indianapolis, Indiana

46268

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(317) 293-5309

(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 (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

Common Stock, no par value

HURC

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Hurco Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) held on March 13, 2025 (the “Annual Meeting”), the Company’s shareholders approved a proposal to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”) to add an additional 850,000 shares to the 2016 Plan’s share reserve. In January 2025, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the proposed amendment to the 2016 Plan and directed that the amendment be submitted to shareholders of the Company for approval at the Annual Meeting. A description of the amendment to the 2016 Plan was included in “Proposal 3. Approval of the Amendment to the Amended and Restated Hurco Companies, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2025.

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

The Company held its Annual Meeting on March 13, 2025.  The shareholders:

elected all eight of the Company’s nominees for director to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders;
approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation for the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting;
approved the proposed amendment to the 2016 Plan to add an additional 850,000 shares to the 2016 Plan’s share reserve; and
ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2025.

Shares were voted on these proposals as follows:

For

Withheld

Broker
Non-Votes

Election of Directors:

Michael Doar

4,040,937

339,590

713,537

Cynthia Dubin

4,294,554

85,973

713,537

Timothy J. Gardner

4,260,921

119,606

713,537

Jay C. Longbottom

4,259,463

121,064

713,537

Richard Porter

3,943,438

437,089

713,537

Benjamin Rashleger

4,321,931

58,596

713,537

Janaki Sivanesan

4,287,473

93,054

713,537

Gregory S. Volovic

4,290,575

89,952

713,537

For

Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

Advisory vote to approve executive compensation:

3,914,992

303,379

162,156

713,537

For

Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

Approval of amendment to the 2016 Plan:

4,114,178

241,071

25,278

713,537

For

Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

Ratification of appointment of public accounting firm:

5,023,775

62,827

7,462

0

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit Index

10.1

Hurco Companies, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of March 10, 2022, and as further amended March 13, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on March 13, 2025)

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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.

 

 

Dated: March 17, 2025

 

 

 

HURCO COMPANIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Sonja K. McClelland_______________

 

 

Sonja K. McClelland, Executive Vice President,

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer