Form 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

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): May 14, 2013

 

 

Career Education Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-23245   36-3932190

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

231 North Martingale Road

Schaumburg, IL

  60173
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 781-3600

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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

Career Education Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 14, 2013 and the following matters were voted on at that meeting:

 

(1) The Company’s stockholders voted as follows to elect nine directors to the Company’s Board of Directors:

 

Directors:

   Votes For:      Against:      Broker Non-Votes:  

Louis E. Caldera

     46,609,489         382,908         10,184,581   

Dennis H. Chookaszian

     46,484,816         507,581         10,184,581   

David W. Devonshire

     34,344,579         12,647,818         10,184,581   

Patrick W. Gross

     34,112,490         12,879,907         10,184,581   

Gregory L. Jackson

     34,650,627         12,341,770         10,184,581   

Thomas B. Lally

     34,697,441         12,294,956         10,184,581   

Ronald D. McCray

     46,603,495         388,902         10,184,581   

Scott W. Steffey

     46,624,517         367,880         10,184,581   

Leslie T. Thornton

     46,487,005         505,392         10,184,581   

 

(2) The Company’s stockholders approved, on a nonbinding advisory basis, the executive compensation paid by the Company to its named executive officers, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

Votes For:

  Against:     Abstain:     Broker Non-Votes:  
25,558,203     21,295,951        138,243        10,184,581   

 

(3) The Company’s stockholders approved the performance-based award provisions used to determine executive compensation under the Career Education Corporation 2008 Incentive Compensation Plan, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

Votes For:

  Against:     Abstain:     Broker Non-Votes:  
44,796,259     2,129,062        67,076        10,184,581   

 

(4) The Company’s stockholders voted as follows to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013:

 

Votes For:

  Against:     Abstain:     Broker Non-Votes:  
56,515,487     497,905        163,586        0   

 

(5) The Company’s stockholders did not approve a stockholder proposal concerning repayment of student loans, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

Votes For:

  Against:     Abstain:     Broker Non-Votes:  
1,615,962     34,967,571        10,408,864        10,184,581   

 

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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.

 

CAREER EDUCATION CORPORATION

By:   /s/ Jeffrey D. Ayers
  Jeffrey D. Ayers
 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary

Dated: May 16, 2013