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 17, 2016

 

 

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)

 

 

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)

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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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 17, 2016, immediately following the Navigant Consulting, Inc. (the “Company”) annual meeting of shareholders, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company increased the size of the Board from eight directors to nine directors and appointed Kevin M. Blakely to serve as a member of the Board for a one-year term expiring at the Company’s 2017 annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation, retirement or removal. Mr. Blakely will serve on the audit committee of the Board. Mr. Blakely will be compensated for his service on the Board in the same manner as the Company’s other non-employee directors. For a description of the Company’s director compensation program, see the section entitled “Director Compensation” in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2016.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Blakely and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director of the Company, and there are no transactions in which Mr. Blakely has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Blakely’s appointment as a director of the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

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

At the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders held on May 17, 2016, the Company’s shareholders voted on three proposals. All of the director nominees were elected and all of the 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

     42,028,250         300,844         3,401         2,592,653   

Hon. Cynthia A. Glassman, Ph.D.

     42,229,829         100,008         2,658         2,592,653   

Julie M. Howard

     41,172,798         1,119,440         40,257         2,592,653   

Stephan A. James

     42,270,912         59,025         2,558         2,592,653   

Samuel K. Skinner

     41,995,461         374,276         2,758         2,592,653   

Governor James R. Thompson

     42,095,793         233,482         3,220         2,592,653   

Michael L. Tipsord

     42,268,701         60,593         3,201         2,592,653   

Randy H. Zwirn

     42,270,712         58,825         2,958         2,592,653   

Proposal 2: Vote to approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation

     39,682,324         2,142,711         507,460         2,592,653   

Proposal 3: Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2016

     44,223,682         227,764         473,702         —    

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

    
99.1    Press Release dated May 20, 2016.

 

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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 23, 2016     By:  

/s/ Monica M. Weed

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

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated May 20, 2016.

 

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