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): May 20, 2014
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, Suite 2800, Tampa, Florida |
33602 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (813) 274-1000
(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.
Three proposals described fully in the 2014 Proxy Statement of Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated (the “Company”), were presented for approval at the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) held on May 20, 2014. As of the record date, 43,879,327 shares of common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 41,118,118 shares of common stock were represented in person or by proxy; therefore, a quorum was present.
The shareholders of the Company voted on the following three matters:
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
There were three Class I and one Class III director positions up for election at the Annual Meeting. The following persons were nominated and elected to serve as directors of the Company until the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: James S. MacLeod, William D. Muir, Jr., and Lorraine Leigh Lutton. James K. Murray, Jr. was nominated and elected to serve as a director of the Company until the 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The voting results for each nominee were as follows:
| Name |
For | Against | Abstain | |||||||||
| James S. MacLeod |
38,692,120 | 1,170,645 | 20,993 | |||||||||
| William D. Muir, Jr. |
38,718,284 | 1,144,517 | 20,957 | |||||||||
| Lorraine Leigh Lutton |
38,739,855 | 1,115,056 | 28,847 | |||||||||
| James K. Murray, Jr. |
38,733,805 | 1,128,996 | 20,957 | |||||||||
Proposal 2: Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation
The proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the 2014 Proxy Statement, received the following votes:
|
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 37,397,815 | 2,174,712 | 311,231 | 1,234,360 |
Proposal 3: Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2014 and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014 and express an opinion thereon, as disclosed in the 2014 Proxy Statement, received the following votes:
|
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 40,442,169 | 393,795 | 282,154 | — |
SIGNATURE
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: May 20, 2014