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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 18, 2021

 

   

 

Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Florida

 

0-28274

 

56-1383460

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

400 North Ashley Drive, Suite 2800, Tampa, Florida

 

33602

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (813274-1000

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

 

SYKE

 

NASDAQ Global Select Market

 

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

 

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

 

Three proposals described fully in the 2021 Proxy Statement of Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated (the “Company”), were presented for approval at the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) held on May 18, 2021. As of the record date, 39,768,911 shares of common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 36,080,056 shares of common stock, or 90.7%, were represented in person or by proxy; therefore, a quorum was present.

 

The shareholders of the Company voted on the following three matters:

 

Proposal 1: Election of Directors

 

There were three Class III director positions up for election at the Annual Meeting. The following persons were nominated and elected to serve as directors of the Company until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: Charles E. Sykes, Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn and Vanessa C.L. Chang. The voting results for each nominee were as follows: 

 

Name

 

Votes For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstain

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Charles E. Sykes

 

 

34,563,762

 

 

 

150,712

 

 

 

16,363

 

 

 

1,349,219

 

Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn

 

 

33,980,313

 

 

 

734,553

 

 

 

15,971

 

 

 

1,349,219

 

Vanessa C.L. Chang

 

 

32,941,287

 

 

 

1,773,579

 

 

 

15,971

 

 

 

1,349,219

 

 

Proposal 2: Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation

 

The proposal to approve, on a nonbinding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the 2021 Proxy Statement, received the following votes:

 

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstain

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

33,564,170

 

 

 

1,115,962

 

 

 

50,705

 

 

 

1,349,219

 

 

Proposal 3: Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2021 and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, and express an opinion thereon, as disclosed in the 2021 Proxy Statement, received the following votes:

 

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstain

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

35,584,760

 

 

 

491,051

 

 

 

4,245

 

 

N/A

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) The following exhibit is included with this Report:

 

 

Exhibit 104

The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.


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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

SYKES ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ John Chapman

 

 

 

 

John Chapman

Chief Finance Officer

 

 

 

 

 

Date: May 18, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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