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
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) – May 19, 2014
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THE ULTIMATE SOFTWARE GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation) | 000-24347 (Commission File Number) | 65-0694077 (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
2000 Ultimate Way, Weston, Florida (Address of principal executive offices) | 33326 (Zip Code) | |
(954) 331-7000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. ("Ultimate") held its 2014 Annual Meeting on May 19, 2014. The principal business of the meeting was (i) to elect two directors to serve until the 2017 Annual Meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (ii) to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as Ultimate’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014; and (iii) to approve by non-binding advisory vote the compensation paid to Ultimate’s named executive officers. The final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote are below.
(i) The names of the nominees for directors whose term expired at the 2014 Annual Meeting and who were elected at the 2014 Annual Meeting to serve as directors until the 2017 Annual Meeting of stockholders are as follows:
Nominee | Shares For | Shares Against | Shares Abstain | Non Votes | |||||
LeRoy A. Vander Putten | 24,716,473 | 1,405,719 | 205,409 | 2,104,867 | |||||
Robert A. Yanover | 24,253,820 | 1,868,442 | 205,339 | 2,104,867 | |||||
(ii) The results of the vote to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as Ultimate’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 are as follows:
Shares For | Shares Against | Shares Abstain | Non Votes | ||||||
27,985,289 | 414,553 | 32,626 | — | ||||||
(iii) The results of the non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to Ultimate’s named executive officers are as follows:
Shares For | Shares Against | Shares Abstain | Non Votes | |||||
22,444,734 | 3,850,074 | 32,793 | 2,104,867 | |||||
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.
THE ULTIMATE SOFTWARE GROUP, INC. | ||
By: /s/ Mitchell K. Dauerman | ||
Mitchell K. Dauerman | ||
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | ||
Dated: May 19, 2014 | ||