UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 2, 2019
Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware | 001-35331 | 45-2492228 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
6100 Tower Circle, Suite 1000 Franklin, Tennessee |
37067 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(615) 861-6000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(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 Symbol |
Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Common Stock, $0.01 par value | ACHC | NASDAQ Global Select Market |
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The Company held its annual meeting of stockholders on May 2, 2019. The proposals considered at the Annual Meeting were voted on as follows:
1. The individuals listed below were elected to serve as Class II directors until the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2022 or until their successors have been elected and take office. The voting results were as follows:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
|||||||||||||
William F. Grieco |
71,921,269 | 2,778,320 | 67,686 | 3,966,702 | ||||||||||||
Reeve B. Waud |
60,643,024 | 14,061,867 | 62,384 | 3,966,702 |
2. The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers (as defined in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on March 21, 2019), by the following vote:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
67,482,950 | 6,320,160 | 964,165 | 3,966,702 |
3. The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the frequency of the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers, by the following vote:
1 Year | 2 Years | 3 Years | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
73,339,493 | 39,701 | 656,944 | 731,137 | 3,966,702 |
A majority of the stockholders selected, on a non-binding advisory basis, a one-year frequency for non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation. Based on these results, the Company’s Board of Directors has determined that the Company will hold a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation on an annual basis (once every year) until the next stockholder vote on the frequency of the vote on executive compensation.
4. The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, by the following vote:
For | Against | Abstain | ||
77,705,612 | 966,688 | 61,677 |
SIGNATURE
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.
Date: May 6, 2019 | ACADIA HEALTHCARE COMPANY, INC. | |||||
By: | /s/ Christopher L. Howard | |||||
Christopher L. Howard | ||||||
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel |