Item 5.07.
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Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
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Three proposals described fully in the 2020 Proxy Statement of Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated (the “Company”), were presented for approval at the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) held on May 12, 2020. As of the record date, 41,264,038 shares of common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 37,384,689 shares of common stock, or 90.6%, 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 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 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: James S. MacLeod, William D. Muir, Jr. and Lorraine L. Lutton. The voting results for each nominee were as follows:
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Name
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Votes For
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Against
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Abstain
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Broker Non-Votes
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James S. MacLeod
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35,281,809
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545,346
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3,184
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1,554,350
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William D. Muir, Jr.
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35,410,695
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417,502
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2,142
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1,554,350
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Lorraine L. Lutton
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35,381,278
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447,359
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1,702
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1,554,350
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Proposal 2: Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation
The proposal to approve, on a nonbinding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the 2020 Proxy Statement, received the following votes:
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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Broker Non-Votes
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34,472,312
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1,308,724
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49,303
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1,554,350
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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, 2020 and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, and express an opinion thereon, as disclosed in the 2020 Proxy Statement, received the following votes:
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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Broker Non-Votes
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36,893,435
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366,999
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124,255
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N/A
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