8-K
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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 4, 2025

 

 

FTI CONSULTING, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   001-14875   52-1261113

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of corporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

555 12th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20004
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (202) 312-9100

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbols(s)

 

Name of each Exchange

on which Registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share   FCN   New York Stock Exchange

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

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. ☐

 

 
 


A total of 33,360,458 shares, or 94.29%, of the common stock issued and outstanding as of the close of business on the record date of March 6, 2025 (the “Record Date”), were present or represented by proxy at the annual meeting of the stockholders of FTI Consulting, Inc. (the “Company”) held on June 4, 2025 (the “Annual Meeting”). The proposals below were described in detail in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2025 (the “Proxy Statement”).

 

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e) At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the FTI Consulting, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) to (i) increase the number of authorized shares of common stock issuable by an additional 676,000 shares and (ii) extend the expiration date to June 4, 2035.

For additional information regarding the Plan, please refer to the heading “Key Plan Provisions” contained in Proposal No. 4 of the Proxy Statement.

The foregoing description and the summary contained in the Proxy Statement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, which is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1.

 

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The final voting results for the four proposals submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Proposal No. 1 - Elect as directors the nine nominees named in the Proxy Statement. The votes cast by stockholders of record as of the Record Date at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

Name

   For      Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes  
Mark S. Bartlett      32,170,813        276,889        20,847        891,909  
Elsy Boglioli      32,097,264        341,928        29,357        891,909  
Claudio Costamagna      31,926,831        518,844        22,874        891,909  
Nicholas C. Fanandakis      32,063,864        381,819        22,866        891,909  
Steven H. Gunby      31,588,496        858,450        21,603        891,909  
Stephen C. Robinson      32,108,768        329,970        29,811        891,909  
Laureen E. Seeger      31,997,007        442,249        29,293        891,909  
Eric T. Steigerwalt      32,390,636        55,854        22,059        891,909  
Janet H. Zelenka      32,437,829        9,159        21,561        891,909  

Proposal No. 2 - Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as FTI Consulting, Inc.’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025. The votes cast by stockholders of record as of the Record Date at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

For    Against    Abstentions
33,208,841    127,585    24,032

Proposal No. 3 - Vote on an advisory (non-binding) resolution to approve the compensation of the named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2024 as described in the Proxy Statement. The votes cast by stockholders of record as of the Record Date at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

For    Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes
32,273,252    170,587    24,710    891,909

The Company’s Board of Directors and Compensation Committee value the views of the Company’s stockholders and will consider the results of this advisory vote when making future decisions on named executive officer compensation.


Proposal No. 4 - Approve the amendment to the FTI Consulting, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan to (i) increase the number of authorized shares of common stock issuable by an additional 676,000 shares and (ii) extend the expiration date to June 4, 2035. The votes cast by stockholders of record as of the Record Date at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

For    Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes
31,841,410    601,928    25,211    891,909


Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

 

10.1    FTI Consulting, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
104    The Cover Page from FTI Consulting’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 4, 2025, formatted in Inline XBRL


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, FTI Consulting, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

    FTI CONSULTING, INC.
Dated: June 5, 2025     By:  

/s/ CURTIS P. LU

      Curtis P. Lu
      General Counsel