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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 8, 2011
PAREXEL International Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| Massachusetts | 0-27058 | 04-2776269 | ||
| (State or other juris- | (Commission | (IRS Employer | ||
| diction of incorporation | File Number) | Identification No.) | ||
| 195 West Street, Waltham, Massachusetts | 02451 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 487-9900
Not applicable.
(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 obligations for the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General
Instruction A.2. below):
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| Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders | ||||||||
| SIGNATURES | ||||||||
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
| On December 8, 2011, we held our 2011 annual meeting of shareholders. |
| At our 2011 annual meeting of shareholders, our shareholders approved the following proposals by the votes specified below: |
| 1. | to elect the following persons to serve as directors for a three-year term continuing until the annual meeting of shareholders in 2014 and until their successors are elected and qualified: |
| Broker Non- | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Director Nominees | Class | Term Expires | For | Withheld | Votes | |||||||||||||||
Patrick J. Fortune |
I | 2014 | 47,615,192 | 4,429,951 | 3,106,433 | |||||||||||||||
Ellen M. Zane |
I | 2014 | 49,003,623 | 3,041,520 | 3,106,433 | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | to approve, in an advisory vote, the compensation of our named executive officers as presented in the proxy statement: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non- Votes |
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47,134,553
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4,175,907 | 734,683 | 3,106,433 | ||||||||||
| 3. | to approve, in an advisory vote, the frequency with which executive compensation will be subject to future advisory shareholder votes: |
| 1 Year | 2 Years | 3 Years | Abstain | Broker Non- Votes |
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47,040,339
|
11,572 | 4,305,054 | 688,178 | 3,106,433 | |||||||||||||
| 4. | to ratify of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non- Votes |
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53,252,122 |
1,882,247 | 17,207 | -0- | ||||||||||
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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.
| Date: December 14, 2011 | PAREXEL International Corporation |
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| By: | /s/ James F. Winschel, Jr. | |||
| James F. Winschel, Jr. | ||||
| Senior Vice President and CFO | ||||