UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
May 6, 2016
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
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Huron Consulting Group Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 000-50976 | 01-0666114 |
(State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer |
of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification Number) |
550 West Van Buren Street
Chicago, Illinois
60607
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(312) 583-8700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Annual Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of stockholders of Huron Consulting Group Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 6, 2016, and a total of 20,330,201 shares were present in person or by proxy. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders acted upon the following matters: (i) the election of three Class III members of the Board of Directors to serve terms ending at the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting; (ii) an advisory vote on the approval of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and (iii) the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. The following is a summary of the voting results for each matter presented to stockholders.
Proposal No. 1 - Election of directors.
Name | Shares For | Shares Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
James D. Edwards | 18,570,993 | 112,098 | 1,647,110 | |||
John McCartney | 18,575,005 | 108,086 | 1,647,110 | |||
James H. Roth | 18,590,818 | 92,273 | 1,647,110 | |||
The other members of the Board of Directors whose terms of office continued after the Annual Meeting were: H. Eugene Lockhart, George E. Massaro, John S. Moody, and Debra Zumwalt.
Proposal No. 2 - An advisory vote on the approval of executive compensation.
Shares For | Shares Against | Shares Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
18,654,290 | 23,928 | 4,873 | 1,647,110 | |||
Proposal No. 3 - To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016.
Shares For | Shares Against | Shares Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
20,093,934 | 234,723 | 1,544 | -- | |||
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.
Huron Consulting Group Inc. | |||
(Registrant) | |||
Date: | May 9, 2016 | /s/ C. Mark Hussey | |
C. Mark Hussey | |||
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer | |||