Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc 8-K, filed Jun 17, 2020
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM)
About this 8-K
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc filed this 8-K on June 17, 2020, reporting on events of June 16, 2020.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
On June 16, 2020, the Company held its annual meeting of shareholders pursuant to notice duly given. Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders. For more information about the proposals set forth below, please see the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2020.
Proposal One: Election of Directors
All of the Board’s nominees for director were elected to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors for a term of three years, as follows:
| Nominee |
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
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| Stephen H. Kramer |
54,379,048 |
482,040 |
12,780 |
637,528 |
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| Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot |
50,900,602 |
3,962,654 |
10,612 |
637,528 |
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| David H. Lissy |
53,413,733 |
1,418,234 |
41,901 |
637,528 |
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| Cathy E. Minehan |
54,658,877 |
202,836 |
12,155 |
637,528 |
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Proposal Two: Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation
The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid by the Company to its named executive officers, as follows:
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 50,648,797 |
4,066,149 |
158,922 |
637,528 |
Proposal Three: Ratification of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, as follows:
| For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 55,247,449 |
258,252 |
5,695 |
The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP was a routine matter and, therefore, there were no broker non-votes relating to that matter.
SIGNATURE
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. |
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| Date: June 17, 2020 |
By: |
/s/ Elizabeth J. Boland | ||||
| Elizabeth J. Boland | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer |