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): March 15, 2016
Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Florida |
0-28274 |
56-1383460 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 400 N. Ashley Drive, Tampa, Florida |
33602 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (813) 274-1000
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Appointment of Vanessa Chang as Director
On March 15, 2016, the Board of Directors of Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated (the “Company”) appointed Vanessa C.L. Chang, age 63, to the Board and the Audit Committee to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of James K. Murray, Jr.
Ms. Chang has been a director of EL & EL Investments, a private real estate investment business, since 1999. She served as chief executive officer and president of ResolveItNow.com, an online dispute resolution service from 2000 to 2002, was senior vice president of Secured Capital Corporation, a real estate investment bank in 1998, and from 1986 until 1997 she was a partner in the accounting firm KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. Ms. Chang serves as a director of Edison International and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Southern California Edison Company, a director of Transocean Ltd., and a director or trustee of sixteen funds advised by the Capital Group’s subsidiaries in the American Funds and Capital Group Private Client Services families. She is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).
As a non-employee director, Ms. Chang will be compensated under the Sykes Enterprises Non-Employee Director Fee Plan.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| SYKES ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED | ||
| By: | /s/ John Chapman | |
| John Chapman Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
Date: March 16, 2016
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