8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 14, 2014

 

 

Navigant Consulting, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-12173   36-4094854
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

30 South Wacker Drive, Suite 3550

Chicago, Illinois

   60606
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(312) 573-5600

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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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 May 14, 2014, Peter B. Pond notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Navigant Consulting, Inc. (the “Company”) that he will retire from the Board effective June 1, 2014. Mr. Pond’s retirement is not due to any disagreement with the Company or the Board.

 

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 15, 2014, the Company held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. At the meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on four proposals. All of the director nominees were elected and all other proposals submitted to the Company’s shareholders were approved. Set forth below is the number of votes cast for or against each proposal and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each proposal.

 

          For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes		  

Proposal 1:

   

Election of directors

            

Lloyd H. Dean

      43,045,882         585,645         105,627         2,726,346   

Julie M. Howard

      41,635,612         1,548,487         553,055         2,726,346   

Stephan A. James

      40,801,333         2,832,262         103,559         2,726,346   

Samuel K. Skinner

      42,541,129         1,091,899         104,126         2,726,346   

Governor James R. Thompson

      42,254,635         1,378,944         103,575         2,726,346   

Michael L. Tipsord

      43,316,128         316,900         104,126         2,726,346   

Proposal 2:

   

Amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the maximum size of the Company’s Board of Directors

      43,595,780         122,278         19,096         2,726,346   

Proposal 3:

   

Advisory vote on executive compensation

      42,815,240         857,449         64,465         2,726,346   

Proposal 4:

   

Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014

      45,761,524         694,759         7,217         —    

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.

 

   NAVIGANT CONSULTING, INC.
Date: May 16, 2014    By:   

/s/ Monica M. Weed

   Name:    Monica M. Weed
   Title:    Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel