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): July 8, 2015

 

 

EPIQ SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Missouri   001-36633   48-1056429

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

501 Kansas Avenue

Kansas City, Kansas 66105

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(913) 621-9500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On July 8, 2015, Epiq Systems, Inc. (“Epiq”) held its 2015 annual meeting of shareholders. The matters listed below were submitted to a vote of the stockholders through the solicitation of proxies, and the proposals are described in detail in Epiq’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 29, 2015. Shareholders voted as follows on the matters presented for a vote.

 

1. All nominees for election to Epiq’s Board of Directors were elected to hold office until the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their respective earlier resignation, removal, disqualification or death, based upon the following votes:

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Tom W. Olofson

     25,893,726         8,076,420         600,000         2,091,215   

James A. Byrnes

     23,726,179         10,243,817         750,000         2,091,215   

Charles C. Connely, IV

     18,820,578         15,149,418         750,000         2,091,215   

Edward M. Connolly, Jr.

     20,576,877         13,393,119         750,000         2,091,215   

Douglas M. Gaston

     24,052,650         9,917,346         750,000         2,091,215   

Joel Pelofsky

     23,958,375         10,011,621         750,000         2,091,215   

Kevin L. Robert

     33,107,746         862,250         750,000         2,091,215   

W. Bryan Satterlee

     23,218,235         10,751,761         750,000         2,091,215   

Brad D. Scott

     31,593,995         2,376,001         750,000         2,091,215   

 

2. The proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, executive compensation was approved based on the following votes:

 

For

  Against     Abstain     Broker
Non-Votes
 
20,169,512     13,789,800        11,434        2,091,215   

 

3. The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Epiq for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 was approved based on the following votes:

 

For

  Against     Abstain  
33,476,226     2,583,896        1,839   


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.

 

EPIQ SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: July 9, 2015
By:

/s/ Tom W. Olofson

Name: Tom W. Olofson
Title: Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director