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 19, 2015

 

 

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 19, 2015 and the following matters were voted on at that meeting:

 

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

 

Directors:

     Votes For:        Against:        Abstain:        Broker
Non-Votes:
 

Louis E. Caldera

       47,858,628           1,576,345           53,551           9,645,962   

Dennis H. Chookaszian

       45,296,914           4,188,407           3,203           9,645,962   

Patrick W. Gross

       40,898,513           8,586,808           3,203           9,645,962   

Gregory L. Jackson

       47,944,553           1,540,344           3,627           9,645,962   

Thomas B. Lally

       47,702,408           1,782,367           3,749           9,645,962   

Ronald D. McCray

       48,654,997           779,854           53,673           9,645,962   

Leslie T. Thornton

       48,992,848           492,049           3,627           9,645,962   

Richard D. Wang

       49,084,964           349,933           53,627           9,645,962   

 

(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:
 

31,213,052

       18,250,478           24,994           9,645,962   

 

(3) 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, 2015:

 

Votes For:

     Against:        Abstain:        Broker
Non-Votes
 

58,720,648

       404,122           9,716           0   

 

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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 22, 2015