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

InterDigital, Inc.

Pennsylvania (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		1-33579 (Commission File Number)		23-1882087 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

781 Third Avenue, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (Address of Principal Executive Offices)		19406-1409 (Zip Code)

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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

          On June 2, 2011, InterDigital, Inc. (the “company”) held its 2011 annual meeting of shareholders (the “2011 annual meeting”). At the 2011 annual meeting, the company’s shareholders, upon the recommendation of the board of directors (the “board”), voted in favor of amending the company’s articles of incorporation (the “articles”) to implement a majority voting standard for all director elections other than contested elections (the “articles amendment”). The voting results are set forth in Item 5.07 below. The articles amendment is more fully described in the company’s proxy statement for the 2011 annual meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2011.

          On June 3, 2011, the company filed, with the approval of the board, Articles of Amendment (the “Articles of Amendment”) with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the “Department of State”) to amend and restate the articles to reflect the articles amendment approved by the shareholders at the 2011 annual meeting. The amended and restated articles became effective upon filing with the Department of State.

          In light of the articles amendment, the board approved (contingent upon the effectiveness of the articles amendment) (i) conforming amendments to the company’s bylaws (the “bylaws”) to provide for a majority voting standard for all director elections other than contested elections and to define the term “contested election” and (ii) certain immaterial conforming and technical changes to the bylaws, including without limitation conforming the use of defined terms throughout the bylaws and updating references in the bylaws to provisions of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law to reflect amendments thereto. All of the aforementioned amendments to the bylaws became effective on June 3, 2011 upon the filing of the Articles of Amendment with the Department of State.

          This summary of the amendments to the articles and the bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the articles and bylaws, each as amended and restated, which are attached as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to this report.

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

          As stated above in Item 5.03, the company’s 2011 annual meeting of shareholders was held on June 2, 2011. The matters voted on at the 2011 annual meeting and the voting results for each matter are set forth below.

(i)

The following individuals were elected as directors of the company to serve a one-year year term until the company’s annual meeting of shareholders in 2012 and until his or her successor is elected and qualified as follows:

		Votes For				Votes Withheld				Broker Non-Votes
Gilbert F. Amelio			17,325,338				672,144				19,848,216
Steven T. Clontz			17,277,536				719,946				19,848,216
Edward B. Kamins			17,399,963				597,519				19,848,216
Jean F. Rankin			17,499,430				498,052				19,848,216

(ii)

Shareholders approved the amendment of the company’s articles of incorporation to implement a majority voting standard for all director elections other than contested elections as follows:

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions
36,758,868		890,234		196,596

(iii)

Shareholders approved an advisory resolution on the company’s executive compensation as follows:

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
16,793,392		1,121,918		82,172		19,848,216

(iv)

Shareholders voted, on an advisory basis, on the preferred frequency of holding future advisory votes on executive compensation as follows:

1 Year		2 Years		3 Years		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
16,354,315		224,277		1,254,744		164,146		19,848,216

			Based on these results, and consistent with the board’s recommendation, the board has determined that the company will hold an advisory vote on executive compensation every year until the next advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation.
	(v)		Shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2011 as follows:

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions
37,275,819		490,861		79,018

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
3.1		Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of InterDigital, Inc. (effective as of June 3, 2011).
3.2		Amended and Restated Bylaws of InterDigital, Inc. (effective as of June 3, 2011).

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: June 7, 2011

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
3.1		Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of InterDigital, Inc. (effective as of June 3, 2011).
3.2		Amended and Restated Bylaws of InterDigital, Inc. (effective as of June 3, 2011).