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
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 15, 2011
Accenture SCA
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Luxembourg |
000-49713 | 98-0351796 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
46A, Avenue J.F. Kennedy
L-1855 Luxembourg
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (352) 26 42 35 00
Not Applicable
(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. |
On November 15, 2011, Accenture SCA held an annual general meeting of shareholders, at which the shareholders voted upon the matters listed below. Accenture SCA’s shareholders approved all of the items considered at the meeting. Set forth below is the number of votes cast for and against/withheld, and the number of abstention votes and broker non-votes, with respect to each matter voted upon by the shareholders:
| For | Against / Withheld |
Abstained | Broker Non- Votes | |||||||
| Items: | ||||||||||
| Presentation of the report on the annual accounts issued by Accenture plc, the general partner of Accenture SCA, and the report of the external auditor (réviseur d’entreprises agréé) | 654,757,040(1) | 0 | 0 | * | ||||||
| Approval of the financial statements of Accenture SCA as of and for the year ended August 31, 2011 | 654,757,040(1) | 0 | 0 | * | ||||||
| Allocation of the results of Accenture SCA as of and for the year ended August 31, 2011 and declaration of a per share cash dividend of USD $0.675 on Class I common shares |
654,757,040(1) | 0 | 0 | * | ||||||
| Authorization and granting of power to the general partner of Accenture SCA to pay up to EUR 500 million taken from the distributable reserves of Accenture SCA as interim dividends between November 15, 2011 and November 14, 2012 in accordance with the last paragraph of Article 19 of Accenture SCA’s articles of association | 654,757,040(1) | 0 | 0 | * | ||||||
| Discharge of the duties of the general partner of Accenture SCA | 654,757,040(1) | 0 | 0 | * | ||||||
| Re-Appointment of KPMG S.à r.l. as external auditor of Accenture SCA on a stand-alone basis | 654,757,040(1) | 0 | 0 | * | ||||||
| Re-Appointment of KPMG LLP as independent auditor of Accenture SCA | 654,757,040(1) | 0 | 0 | * | ||||||
| * | Not applicable |
| (1) | Consists of 654,757,040 Accenture SCA Class I common shares present and entitled to vote at the meeting. |
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: November 15, 2011 | ACCENTURE SCA, represented by its general partner, Accenture plc, itself represented by its duly authorized signatory | |||||
| By: | /s/ Julie Spellman Sweet | |||||
| Name: | Julie Spellman Sweet | |||||