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): June 15, 2018

 

ECHO GLOBAL LOGISTICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

(800) 354-7993
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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 o

 

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. o

 

 

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

Echo Global Logistics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 15, 2018.  The matters that were voted on at the Annual Meeting and the final voting results as to each such matter are set forth below.

 

Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors

 

The following nominees were elected to the Board for a one-year term expiring at the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting, as follows:

 

		FOR		AGAINST		ABSTAIN		BROKER NON-VOTES
Douglas R. Waggoner		23,734,423		32,945		3,148		2,060,893
Samuel K. Skinner		19,158,461		4,608,907		3,148		2,060,893
Matthew Ferguson		22,643,076		1,123,841		3,599		2,060,893
David C. Habiger		18,488,611		5,278,306		3,599		2,060,893
Nelda J. Connors		23,513,794		253,573		3,149		2,060,893
William M. Farrow III		23,752,869		16,500		1,147		2,060,893

 

Proposal No. 2: Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to Serve as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Company for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2018

 

The ratification of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018 was approved as follows:

 

FOR		AGAINST		ABSTAIN
25,576,034		250,969		4,406

 

Proposal No. 3: Approval, on an Advisory, Non-binding Basis, the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers

 

The Company’s executive compensation was approved on an advisory, non-binding basis, as follows:

 

FOR		AGAINST		ABSTAIN		BROKER NON-VOTES
12,960,475		10,800,514		9,527		2,060,893

 

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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.

 

ECHO GLOBAL LOGISTICS, INC.
Dated: June 18, 2018	By:	/s/ Kyle Sauers
	Name:	Kyle Sauers
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

 

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