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): November 3, 2011 (October 28, 2011)

 

 

Education Management Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Pennsylvania   001-34466   25-1119571

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

210 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania

  15222
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (412) 562-0900

N/A

(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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


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

Education Management Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on October 28, 2011 (the “Annual Meeting”). Set forth below are the matters the shareholders voted on and the final voting results.

Item 1 – Election of Directors

Each of the following ten Directors, who were nominated to hold office for a term of one year and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, were elected by the following votes:

 

Nominee

   Votes For      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Todd S. Nelson

     110,683,780         1,523,992         92.00   

Mick J. Beekhuizen

     110,642,011         1,565,761         91.96   

Samuel C. Cowley

     111,670,698         537,074         92.82   

Adrian M. Jones

     110,232,835         1,974,937         91.62   

Jeffrey T. Leeds

     110,227,945         1,979,827         91.62   

John R. McKernan, Jr.

     110,666,710         1,541,062         91.98   

Leo F. Mullin

     111,634,488         573,284         92.79   

Paul J. Salem

     110,293,859         1,913,913         91.67   

Peter O. Wilde

     110,262,963         1,944,809         91.65   

Joseph R. Wright

     111,670,206         537,566         92.82   

Item 2 – Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012

The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012 was ratified by the following votes:

 

Votes For

   Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes  

112,884,469

     25,521         1,491         0   

Item 3 – Advisory vote on executive compensation

The results of the non-binding advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement pertaining to the Annual Meeting, were as follows:

 

Votes For

   Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes  

112,061,106

     129,841         16,826         703,708   


Item 4 – Advisory vote on the frequence of the advisory vote on executive compensation

The results of the non-binding avisory vote on the frequency of the shareholder vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers were as follows:

 

Number of Votes

 

One Year

   Two Years      Three Years      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes  

3,150,982

     5,397         109,032,602         18,592         703,908   


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.

 

EDUCATION MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
By:   /s/ J. Devitt Kramer

Name:

Title:

 

J. Devitt Kramer

SVP, General Counsel and Secretary

Dated: November 3, 2011