0001193125-15-249075.txt : 20150709 0001193125-15-249075.hdr.sgml : 20150709 20150709160131 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-15-249075 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150708 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20150709 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150709 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EPIQ SYSTEMS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001027207 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES [7371] IRS NUMBER: 481056429 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36633 FILM NUMBER: 15981517 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 501 KANSAS AVENUE CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: KS ZIP: 66105-1309 BUSINESS PHONE: 9136219500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 501 KANSAS AVENUE CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: KS ZIP: 66105-1309 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ELECTRONIC PROCESSING INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19961116 8-K 1 d48946d8k.htm FORM 8-K FORM 8-K

 

 

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): July 8, 2015

 

 

EPIQ SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Missouri   001-36633   48-1056429

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

501 Kansas Avenue

Kansas City, Kansas 66105

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(913) 621-9500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

  ¨ 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)).

 

 

 

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

On July 8, 2015, Epiq Systems, Inc. (“Epiq”) held its 2015 annual meeting of shareholders. The matters listed below were submitted to a vote of the stockholders through the solicitation of proxies, and the proposals are described in detail in Epiq’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 29, 2015. Shareholders voted as follows on the matters presented for a vote.

 

1. All nominees for election to Epiq’s Board of Directors were elected to hold office until the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their respective earlier resignation, removal, disqualification or death, based upon the following votes:

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes		  

Tom W. Olofson

      25,893,726         8,076,420         600,000         2,091,215   

James A. Byrnes

      23,726,179         10,243,817         750,000         2,091,215   

Charles C. Connely, IV

      18,820,578         15,149,418         750,000         2,091,215   

Edward M. Connolly, Jr.

      20,576,877         13,393,119         750,000         2,091,215   

Douglas M. Gaston

      24,052,650         9,917,346         750,000         2,091,215   

Joel Pelofsky

      23,958,375         10,011,621         750,000         2,091,215   

Kevin L. Robert

      33,107,746         862,250         750,000         2,091,215   

W. Bryan Satterlee

      23,218,235         10,751,761         750,000         2,091,215   

Brad D. Scott

      31,593,995         2,376,001         750,000         2,091,215   

 

2. The proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, executive compensation was approved based on the following votes:

 

For

   Against     Abstain     Broker
Non-Votes		  
20,169,512     13,789,800        11,434        2,091,215   

 

3. The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Epiq for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 was approved based on the following votes:

 

For

   Against     Abstain  
33,476,226     2,583,896        1,839   

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.

 

EPIQ SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: July 9, 2015
By:

/s/ Tom W. Olofson

Name: Tom W. Olofson
Title: Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director