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 20, 2014

 

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 N. Ashley Drive, Suite 2800, Tampa,
Florida	 	33602	
(Address of principal executive offices)	 	(Zip Code)	
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (813) 274-1000
(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.
Three proposals described fully in the 2014 Proxy Statement of Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated (the “Company”), were presented for approval at the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) held on May 20, 2014. As of the record date, 43,879,327 shares of common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 41,118,118 shares of common stock 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 I and one 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 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: James S. MacLeod, William D. Muir, Jr., and Lorraine Leigh Lutton. James K. Murray, Jr. was nominated and elected to serve as a director of the Company until the 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The voting results for each nominee were as follows:

Name	  	For	 	  	Against	 	  	Abstain	 	
James S. MacLeod	  	 	38,692,120	  	  	 	1,170,645	  	  	 	20,993	  	
William D. Muir, Jr.	  	 	38,718,284	  	  	 	1,144,517	  	  	 	20,957	  	
Lorraine Leigh Lutton	  	 	38,739,855	  	  	 	1,115,056	  	  	 	28,847	  	
James K. Murray, Jr.	  	 	38,733,805	  	  	 	1,128,996	  	  	 	20,957	  	
Proposal 2: Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation
The proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the 2014 Proxy Statement, received the following votes:

            For             	 	            Against             	 	            Abstain             	 	        Broker Non-Votes         	
37,397,815	 	2,174,712	 	311,231	 	1,234,360	
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, 2014 and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014 and express an opinion thereon, as disclosed in the 2014 Proxy Statement, received the following votes:

            For             	 	            Against             	 	            Abstain             	 	        Broker Non-Votes         	
40,442,169	 	393,795	 	282,154	 	—	

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
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	
Date: May 20, 2014