Huron Consulting Group Inc. Form 8-K Dated December 5, 2006
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
December
5, 2006
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Huron
Consulting Group Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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000-50976
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01-0666114
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(IRS
Employer
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of
incorporation or organization)
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File
Number)
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Identification
Number)
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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
5.02. Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On
December 5, 2006, the Board of Directors of Huron Consulting Group Inc.
(the “board”) elected Mr. H. Eugene Lockhart as a new independent director to
the board. Mr. Lockhart will be a Class I director and his term will end at
the annual meeting of shareholders in 2008, at which time we expect him to
stand
for re-election. Mr. Lockhart has been appointed to both the audit
committee and the nominating and corporate governance committee of the
board.
In
connection with his election, Mr. Lockhart will receive an equity grant
under our 2004 Omnibus Stock Plan of 15,000 shares of restricted common stock,
one-twelfth of which are scheduled to vest on the first day of each quarter
over
the following twelve quarters, beginning on January 1, 2007. As an
independent director, Mr. Lockhart will receive $40,000 per year and $1,000
for
each meeting of the board or any committee of the board that he attends.
In
addition, he will be reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses for attending
board
and committee meetings.
A
copy of
the press release announcing Mr. Lockhart’s election is filed as an exhibit to
this current report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference in
its
entirety.
Item
9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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99.1 |
Press
release, dated December 5, 2006, announcing the election of Mr. H.
Eugene Lockhart to the board of
directors.
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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.
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Huron
Consulting Group Inc.
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(Registrant)
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Date:
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December 6,
2006
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/s/
Gary L. Burge
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Gary
L. Burge
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Vice
President,
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Chief
Financial Officer and
Treasurer
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