8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

May 8, 2020

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

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Huron Consulting Group Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

550 West Van Buren Street

Chicago, Illinois

60607

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(312)

583-8700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Item 5.02.    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 8, 2020, at the Annual Meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Huron Consulting Group Inc. (the "Company"), the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Huron Consulting Group Inc. Amended and Restated 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan by 270,000, as further described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 26, 2020 (the “2020 Proxy Statement”). The amendment to the Plan was previously approved, subject to stockholder approval, by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board of Directors").

The amendment to the Plan was included as Appendix A to the 2020 Proxy Statement and is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference. A summary of the Plan was included as part of Proposal 2 in the 2020 Proxy Statement. The summary of the Plan contained in the 2020 Proxy Statement is qualified by and subject to the full text of the Plan, which was included as Exhibit 10.34 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 26, 2020 and is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to this Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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

The Annual Meeting of the Company was held on May 8, 2020 in a virtual meeting format, and a total of 21,509,371 shares were present in person or by proxy. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders acted upon the following matters: (i) the election of two Class I members of the Board of Directors to serve terms ending at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting; (ii) the approval of an amendment to the Plan to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan; (iii) the approval of an amendment to the Company's Stock Ownership Participation Program ("SOPP") to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under the SOPP; (iv) an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers; and (v) the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. The following is a summary of the voting results for each matter presented to stockholders.

Proposal No. 1 - Election of directors.

The other members of the Board of Directors whose terms of office continued after the Annual Meeting were: John McCartney, Hugh E. Sawyer, Ekta Singh-Bushell, and Debra Zumwalt.

Proposal No. 2 - To approve an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

Proposal No. 3 - To approve an amendment to the Company's Stock Ownership Participation Program.

Proposal No. 4 - An advisory vote to approve the Company's executive compensation.

Proposal No. 5 - To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. Shares For Shares Against  Shares Abstain  Broker Non-Votes  21,306,728127,39175,2520

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

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 hereunto duly authorized.