Energy Recovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:ERII) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Energy Recovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:ERII) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders

Energy Recovery, Inc. (the Company) held its 2017 Annual Meeting
of Stockholders (the Annual Meeting) on June 22, 2017, at the
Companys offices in San Leandro, California to (i) elect two
members of the Board of Directors, (ii) ratify the appointment of
BDO USA, LLP as the Companys independent registered public
accounting firm; (iii) approve, on a non-binding advisory basis,
the compensation of the Companys named executive officers; and
(iv) approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future
stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Companys
named executive officers.

As of April 24, 2017, the record date for the Annual Meeting,
there were 53,935,199 shares of common stock outstanding and
entitled to vote. At the Annual Meeting, 45,328,262 shares of
common stock, or approximately 84%, were represented in person or
by proxy, constituting a quorum.

The final results for the proposals voted on at the Annual
Meeting are set forth below:

Proposal 1 – Election of Class
II
I Directors. The
stockholders elected two Class III Directors of the Companys
Board of Directors to serve for a three-year term until the 2020
Annual Meeting or until their respective successors are elected
and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation, or
removal. The following table shows the results of the
stockholders vote:

Nominee for Class III

Votes For

(% of votes cast)

Withheld

(% of votes cast)

Broker

Non-Votes

Alexander J. Buehler

32,136,405 (95.72%)

1,436,072 (4.28%)

11,755,785

Robert Y.L. Mao

33,112,839 (98.63%)

459,638 (1.37%)

11,755,785

Proposal 2 Ratification of
the
appointment of BDO USA, LLP
as
the Companys
independent registered
public accounting firm
for
the year ending December
31,
. This proposal was approved. The
following table shows the results of the stockholders
vote:

Votes For

(% of votes cast)

Votes Against

(% of votes cast)

Abstentions

(% of votes cast)

44,560,902 (98.31%)

432,642 (0.95%)

334,718 (0.74%)

Proposal 3 Non-Binding
Advisory Vote on Executive
Compensation
. This proposal was
approved. The following table shows the results of the
stockholders vote:

Votes For

(% of votes cast)

Votes Against

(% of votes cast)

Abstentions

(% of votes cast)

Broker

Non-Votes

28,743,718 (85.62%)

4,446,008 (13.24%)

382,751 (1.14%)

11,755,785

Proposal 4 Advisory Vote on
Frequency of Executive
Compensation
AdvisoryVote.
This proposal was approved for an annual advisory vote. The
following table shows the results of the stockholders vote:

Annual

(% of votes cast)

Biennial

(% of votes cast)

Triennial

(% of votes cast)

Abstentions

(% of votes cast)

Broker

Non-Votes

32,087,869 (95.58%)

115,262 (0.34%)

966,868 (2.88%)

402,478 (1.20%)

11,755,785

Based upon the results set forth in Proposal 4 above, the Company
has determined that advisory votes on executive compensation will
be submitted to the stockholders annually.


About Energy Recovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:ERII)

Energy Recovery, Inc. is an energy solutions provider to industrial fluid flow markets. The Company’s solutions convert wasted pressure energy into a reusable asset and preserve or eliminate pumping technology in hostile processing environments. It operates through two segments: Water, and Oil & Gas. Its Water Segment focuses on products sold for use in reverse osmosis water desalination. Its Oil & Gas Segment consists of products sold for use in gas processing, chemical processing, and hydraulic fracturing. It offers energy recovery devices (ERDs) in the water desalination market with its pressure exchanger technology and turbochargers. It offers VorTeq hydraulic fracturing system (VorTeq), IsoBoost, and IsoGen product lines to the oil and gas market. Its solutions are marketed and sold in fluid flow markets, such as water, oil and gas, and chemical processing, under the trademarks ERI, PX, Pressure Exchanger, PX Pressure Exchanger, AT, AquaBold, VorTeq, IsoBoost, and IsoGen.