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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 12, 2021

 

 

SP PLUS CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

000-50796

 

16-1171179

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

200 E. Randolph Street, Suite 7700, Chicago, Illinois 606017702

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)

 

(312) 274-2000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

SP

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 

 

 


 

 

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

As further reported in Item 5.07 below, on May 12, 2021, SP Plus Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment and restatement of the SP Plus Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated (the “Restated Plan”) to increase the number of shares available for awards under the Restated Plan from 3,775,000 to 4,775,000.

 

The material terms of the Restated Plan were described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 26, 2021 (the “Proxy Statement”), which description is incorporated by reference herein.  A complete copy of the Restated Plan was previously filed with the SEC as Appendix B to the Proxy Statement.

 

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders: (i) elected six (6) directors; (ii) approved the Restated Plan; (iii) approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, a resolution approving the 2020 compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers; and (iv) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2021.  The proposals presented at the Annual Meeting are described in more detail in the Proxy Statement. Holders of 20,616,171 shares of the Company’s common stock, or approximately 88.842% of the 23,205,424 shares of common stock that were issued and outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date, March 19, 2021, were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

 

The following are the final voting results on the four proposals presented to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting:

 

Proposal 1:  Election of Directors

 

The Company’s stockholders elected each of the six director nominees nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors to serve as directors until the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders and until a successor is elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier resignation, removal or death, by the following vote:

 

Nominees

 

For

 

Withhold

 

Broker Non-Votes

G Marc Baumann

 

18,599,513

 

260,794

 

1,755,864

Alice M. Peterson

 

18,825,071

 

35,236

 

1,755,864

Gregory A. Reid

 

18,809,074

 

51,233

 

1,755,864

Wyman T. Roberts

 

18,494,694

 

365,613

 

1,755,864

Diana L. Sands

 

18,076,131

 

784,176

 

1,755,864

Douglas R. Waggoner

 

18,663,358

 

196,949

 

1,755,864

 

Proposal 2:  Approval of the SP Plus Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan as Amended and Restated

 

The Company’s stockholders approved the Restated Plan by the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

16,067,979

 

2,790,493

 

1,835

 

1,755,864

 

Proposal 3:  Non-Binding, Advisory Vote on the 2020 Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers

 

The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, a resolution approving the 2020 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

18,114,567

 

607,337

 

138,403

 

1,755,864


Proposal 4:  Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 by the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

 

20,502,351

 

110,579

 

3,241

 

 

 

 


 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SP PLUS CORPORATION

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: May 14, 2021

By:

 

/s/ Ritu Vig

 

 

 

Ritu Vig

 

 

 

Chief Legal Officer and Secretary