Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ:PEGA) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ:PEGA) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders

The 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Pegasystems Inc. (the
Company) was held on June21, 2017. At the Annual Meeting, the
following items were presented to the stockholders of the Company
for their approval, and approved by the indicated votes:

1. To elect the nine nominees named in the Companys definitive
proxy statement to serve on the Companys Board of Directors until
its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Each nominee for
director was elected by a vote of stockholders as follows:


Peter Gyenes
Richard Jones
Steven Kaplan
Dianne Ledingham
James OHalloran
Sharon Rowlands
Alan Trefler
Larry Weber
William Wyman


FOR

67,478,185 67,440,522 66,536,331 67,714,640 66,525,853 67,700,190 67,135,723 67,550,702 66,536,280


AGAINST

382,353 420,152 1,324,207 146,106 1,334,893 160,420 747,723 311,951 1,325,837


ABSTAIN

31,799 31,663 31,799 31,591 31,591 31,727 8,891 29,684 30,220


NONVOTES

4,536,312 4,536,312 4,536,312 4,536,312 4,536,312 4,536,312 4,536,312 4,536,312 4,536,312

2. To approve, by a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation
of the Companys named executive officers. The compensation of the
Companys named executive officers was approved on a non-binding
advisory basis by a vote of stockholders as follows:


ExecutiveCompensation


FOR

66,784,940


AGAINST

1,077,781


ABSTAIN

29,616


NON VOTES

4,536,312

3. To approve, by a non-binding advisory vote, the frequency of
the stockholder advisory vote on the compensation of our named
executive officers, to occur either every one, two, or three
years. The frequency the stockholder advisory vote on the
compensation of our named executive officers was approved on a
non-binding
advisory basis by a vote of stockholders as follows:


Frequency of
ExecutiveCompensationVote


1 YEAR

63,003,233


2 YEARS

620,742


3 YEARS

4,252,766


ABSTAIN

15,596


NON VOTES

4,536,312

4. To ratify the
selection by the Audit Committee of the Companys Board of
Directors of Deloitte Touche LLP as the Companys independent
registered public accounting firm for the year ending December31,
2017. The proposal was approved by a vote of stockholders as
follows:


Auditors


FOR

72,178,951


AGAINST

240,499


ABSTAIN

9,199


(s)


About Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ:PEGA)

Pegasystems Inc. develops, markets, licenses and supports software applications for marketing, sales and onboarding, and customer service needs. The Company also offers software applications built on the Pega 7 platform. Its software is designed to assist clients in building, deploying, and evolving enterprise applications. Its applications and platform intersect with and encompass several traditional software markets, including Customer Relationship Management (CRM); Business Process Management (BPM); Business Rules Management Systems (BRMS); Dynamic Case Management (DCM); Decision Management, which includes Predictive and Adaptive analytics, and the Vertical Specific Software (VSS) market of industry solutions and packaged applications. It provides implementation, consulting, training, technical support and hosting services to facilitate the use of its software. The Company offers its services to financial, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, life sciences and other markets.