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): August 7, 2017
  
Pandora Media, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 
Delaware
 
001-35198
 
94-3352630
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
2101 Webster Street, Suite 1650
Oakland, CA 94612
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
(510) 451-4100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

As noted below, on August 7, 2017, the stockholders of Pandora Media, Inc. (the "Company") approved an amendment to the Company’s 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the maximum number of shares available thereunder by 6,000,000 shares. The amended 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for its 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2017 (the "2017 Proxy Statement").

The foregoing descriptions and the summaries contained in the 2017 Proxy Statement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.

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

The Company held its 2017 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on August 7, 2017. 206,675,797 shares of the Company's common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, representing 85.25% of a total of 242,409,363 shares of common stock outstanding and eligible to vote at such time. At the Annual Meeting, stockholders voted on the following proposals, each of which is described in detail in the 2017 Proxy Statement, and cast their votes as described below.

Proposal 1:
 
Election of the one Class III director nominee listed below to serve until the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders or until his respective successor is duly elected and qualified:
 
For
 
Withheld
 
Broker
Non-Votes
Class III (term to expire 2020)
 
 
 
 
 
Jason Hirschhorn
160,275,715
 
748,750
 
45,651,332
 
Proposal 2:
 
Approval of an amendment to the Company's 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the maximum number of shares available thereunder by 6,000,000 shares:

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker
Non-Votes
159,971,183
 
833,715
 
219,567
 
45,651,332

Proposal 3:
 
Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2017:

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
204,833,766
 
1,080,653
 
761,378

Proposal 4:
 
Approval of an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the classification of the board of directors:

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker
Non-Votes
159,787,379
 
1,010,935
 
226,151
 
45,651,332






Item 9.01               Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.

Exhibit No.
 
Exhibit Description
10.1
 
Amended and Restated 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan









SIGNATURE
 
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.
 
 
 
PANDORA MEDIA, INC.
 
 
 
 
Dated: August 9, 2017
 
By:
/s/ Stephen Bené
 
 
 
Stephen Bené
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary







EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
 
Exhibit Description
10.1
 
Amended and Restated 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan