HCSG Form 8K - Voting Results 2015
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 26, 2015
HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission File Number: 0-12015
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Pennsylvania | 23-2018365 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification number) |
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3220 Tillman Drive, Suite 300, Bensalem, Pennsylvania | 19020 |
(Address of principal executive office) | (Zip code) |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 215-639-4274
Not Applicable
(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 |
On Tuesday, May 26, 2015, Healthcare Services Group, Inc. (the "Company") held its annual meeting of shareholders for the purposes of voting on the matters disclosed in its definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14, 2015. As of the Record Date of April 2, 2015, there were 71,470,000 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to notice of and to vote at the annual meeting. The final voting for the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders are as follows:
Management Proposals:
Proposal No. 1 — Election of Directors
At the annual meeting, shareholders voted for the election of ten Directors for a one-year term or until their successors are elected and qualified to fill the expiring terms of such Directors. All of the Company’s nominees for Director received the requisite plurality (i.e. the highest number of votes of the Company’s common stock in accordance with the bylaws of the Company and Section 1758 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law) of the votes cast by the holders of shares present at the meeting in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, and, accordingly, were elected to the Board of Directors for the ensuing year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The number of votes cast for and withheld from each nominee is set forth below:
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Nominee | | Votes For | | Votes Withheld | | Broker Non-Votes |
Daniel P. McCartney | | 28,417,419 | | 31,520,012 | | 5,653,460 |
Robert L. Frome | | 28,108,420 | | 31,829,011 | | 5,653,460 |
Robert J. Moss | | 28,111,747 | | 31,825,684 | | 5,653,460 |
John M. Briggs | | 22,745,790 | | 37,191,641 | | 5,653,460 |
Dino D. Ottaviano | | 21,737,096 | | 38,200,335 | | 5,653,460 |
Theodore Wahl | | 29,218,184 | | 30,719,247 | | 5,653,460 |
Michael E. McBryan | | 28,089,306 | | 31,848,125 | | 5,653,460 |
Diane S. Casey | | 22,204,285 | | 37,733,146 | | 5,653,460 |
John J. McFadden | | 22,333,933 | | 37,603,498 | | 5,653,460 |
Jude Visconto | | 59,341,716 | | 595,715 | | 5,653,460 |
Proposal No. 2 — Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The proposal for the ratification of the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accountants for the current fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 has received a majority of the votes cast as follows:
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Votes For | | Votes Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
64,954,820 | | 576,520 | | 59,551 | | — |
Proposal No. 3 — Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
The proposal relating to an advisory vote on a non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved based up the following votes:
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Votes For | | Votes Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
57,603,027 | | 2,173,455 | | 160,943 | | 5,653,466 |
Shareholder Proposals:
Proposal No. 4 — Independent Board Chairman
On May 11, 2015, the Company announced that the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust has withdrawn its shareholder proposal from the Company’s proxy statement which was filed and mailed to shareholders on or about April 20th.
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.
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| | HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP, INC. |
Date: May 27, 2015 | By: | /s/ John C. Shea |
| | Name: John C. Shea Title: Chief Financial Officer |