0001144204-15-035513.txt : 20150604 0001144204-15-035513.hdr.sgml : 20150604 20150604160020 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-15-035513 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150604 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20150604 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150604 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MDC PARTNERS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000876883 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-ADVERTISING AGENCIES [7311] IRS NUMBER: 980364441 STATE OF INCORPORATION: A6 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13718 FILM NUMBER: 15913046 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 745 FIFTH AVENUE, 19TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10151 BUSINESS PHONE: 646 429 1800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 745 FIFTH AVENUE, 19TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10151 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MDC CORP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20001204 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MDC COMMUNICATIONS CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19961028 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MDC CORPORATION DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950419 8-K 1 v412419_8-k.htm FORM 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date Earliest Event reported) — June 4, 2015 (June 4, 2015)

MDC PARTNERS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Canada
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-13718

(Commission File Number)

98-0364441
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

745 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10151
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(646) 429-1800
(Registrant’s Telephone Number)

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):

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

The annual meeting of shareholders of MDC Partners Inc. was held on June 4, 2015, in New York, New York, at which time the matters described below were submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders.

	For	Against	Withheld	Non-Votes
1. To elect the following persons as directors of the Company. to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her successor is duly elected or appointed, unless his office is earlier vacated in accordance with the by-laws of the Company:
Miles S. Nadal	36,317,275	-	5,140,965	8,453,656
Clare Copeland	26,437,176	-	15,021,064	8,453,656
Scott L. Kauffman	27,213,038	-	14,245,202	8,453,656
Michael J.L. Kirby	27,434,533	-	14,023,707	8,453,656
Stephen M. Pustil	37,152,979	-	4,305,261	8,453,656
Lori Senecal	38,651,563	-	2,806,677	8,453,656
Irwin D. Simon	30,367,703	-	11,090,537	8,453,656

2. To appoint BDO USA LLP as the Company’s auditors for 2016	44,625,119	-	279,411	5,007,366

3. To approve, in a non-binding, advisory vote the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers pursuant to SEC rules	21,972,353	19,485,887	-	8,453,656

For more information about the matters voted on at the Shareholders’ Meeting, see the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2015.

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Date: June 4, 2015	MDC Partners Inc.

	By:	/s/ Mitchell Gendel Mitchell Gendel General Counsel & Corporate Secretary