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)
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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