8-K

 

 

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

May 3, 2013

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

Huron Consulting Group Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-50976   01-0666114

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

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)

 

 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Huron Consulting Group Inc. was held on May 3, 2013 and a total of 21,628,099 shares were present in person or by proxy. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders 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 2016 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, 2013. The following is a summary of the voting results for each matter presented to shareholders:

Proposal No. 1 – Election of directors.

 

Name

 

Shares For

 

Shares Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

James D. Edwards

  19,697,353   588,409   1,342,337

John McCartney

  19,063,098   1,222,664   1,342,337

James H. Roth

  19,726,120   559,642   1,342,337

The other members of the Company’s board of directors whose terms of office continued after the meeting were: H. Eugene Lockhart, George E. Massaro, DuBose Ausley and John S. Moody.

Proposal No. 2 – An advisory vote on the approval of executive compensation.

 

Shares For

 

Shares Against

 

Shares Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

19,938,097

  343,774   3,891   1,342,337

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, 2013.

 

Shares For

 

Shares Against

 

Shares Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

20,639,580

  943,560   44,959   —  


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, 2013

   

/s/ C. Mark Hussey

      C. Mark Hussey
     

Executive Vice President, Chief

Financial Officer and Treasurer