Sykes Enterprises Inc.
05/18/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/18/2021 08:55
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders (Form 8-K)
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Three proposals described fully in the 2021 Proxy Statement of Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated (the 'Company'), were presented for approval at the Company's 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the 'Annual Meeting') held on May 18, 2021. As of the record date, 39,768,911 shares of common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 36,080,056 shares of common stock, or 90.7%, were represented in person or by proxy; therefore, a quorum was present.
The shareholders of the Company voted on the following three matters:
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
There were three Class III director positions up for election at the Annual Meeting. The following persons were nominated and elected to serve as directors of the Company until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: Charles E. Sykes, Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn and Vanessa C.L. Chang. The voting results for each nominee were as follows:
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Name |
Votes For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
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Charles E. Sykes |
34,563,762 |
150,712 |
16,363 |
1,349,219 |
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Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn |
33,980,313 |
734,553 |
15,971 |
1,349,219 |
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Vanessa C.L. Chang |
32,941,287 |
1,773,579 |
15,971 |
1,349,219 |
Proposal 2: Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation
The proposal to approve, on a nonbinding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the 2021 Proxy Statement, received the following votes:
|
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
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|
33,564,170 |
1,115,962 |
50,705 |
1,349,219 |
Proposal 3: Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm to audit the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2021 and the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, and express an opinion thereon, as disclosed in the 2021 Proxy Statement, received the following votes:
|
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
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|
35,584,760 |
491,051 |
4,245 |
N/A |
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) The following exhibit is included with this Report:
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Exhibit 104 |
The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL. |
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