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): June 3, 2014

 

 

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 June 3, 2014 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:      Abstain:      Broker Non-Votes:  

Louis E. Caldera

     43,895,673         230,224         69,257         13,773,702   

Dennis H. Chookaszian

     38,287,917         5,892,806         14,431         13,773,702   

David W. Devonshire

     42,521,785         1,658,938         14,431         13,773,702   

Patrick W. Gross

     33,286,735         10,893,988         14,431         13,773,702   

Gregory L. Jackson

     39,986,403         4,194,014         14,737         13,773,702   

Thomas B. Lally

     39,746,729         4,433,988         14,437         13,773,702   

Ronald D. McCray

     43,518,028         605,868         71,258         13,773,702   

Scott W. Steffey

     43,948,395         233,411         13,348         13,773,702   

Leslie T. Thornton

     42,131,145         2,046,901         17,108         13,773,702   

 

(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:  
  22,748,118        21,314,949        132,087        13,773,702   

 

(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, 2014:

 

Votes For:     Against:     Abstain:     Broker Non-Votes  
  57,493,859        442,261        32,736        0   


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: June 4, 2014