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): June 7, 2018

 

INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (212) 588-4000

 

 

(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.

 

(e) As noted below under Item 5.07, on June 7, 2018, the stockholders of Investment Technology Group, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment and restatement of the Investment Technology Group, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) at the annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to (i) increase the total number of shares of common stock reserved and available for issuance under the ESPP by 350,000 shares for offering periods beginning on or after November 1, 2017 and (ii) to limit offering periods to not more than 27 months. The material terms of the ESPP are summarized on pages 59 through 63 of the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2018 (the “Proxy Statement”), which description is incorporated herein by reference. This description of the ESPP is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual terms of the ESPP, which are set forth in Appendix A to the Proxy Statement.

 

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

 

The Annual Meeting of the Company was held on June 7, 2018.  The stockholders elected all of the Company’s nominees for director, approved on an advisory basis the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, approved the ESPP and ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018. Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders.

 

(a)   Election of directors:

 

Name of Director		Shares For		Shares  Against		Shares  Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
Brian G. Cartwright		26,891,769		586,638		4,354		3,103,847
Minder Cheng		25,311,668		1,947,776		223,317		3,103,847
Timothy L. Jones		26,871,135		606,642		4,984		3,103,847
R. Jarrett Lilien		27,057,052		421,669		4,040		3,103,847
Kevin J. Lynch		26,917,444		560,333		4,984		3,103,847
Lee M. Shavel		27,078,369		399,408		4,984		3,103,847
Francis J. Troise		27,200,945		280,825		991		3,103,847
Steven S. Wood		26,629,649		850,036		3,076		3,103,847

 

(b)  Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

 

Shares For		Shares Against		Shares Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
24,947,566		2,345,137		190,058		3,103,847

 

(c)   Approval of the ESPP:

 

Shares For		Shares Against		Shares Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
27,384,085		86,588		12,088		3,103,847

 

(d)   Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018:

 

Shares For		Shares Against		Shares Abstain
30,254,079		322,782		9,747

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On June 8, 2018, Investment Technology Group, Inc. issued a press release announcing trading statistics for the month ended May 31, 2018. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1	Press release issued by Investment Technology Group, Inc. on June 8, 2018.

 

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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.

 

	INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.
	By:	/s/ Angélique F.M. DeSanto
		Name:	Angélique F.M. DeSanto
		Title:	Managing Director, General Counsel and
		Secretary and Duly Authorized Signatory of Registrant

 

Dated:  June 8, 2018

 

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