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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

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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 18, 2015


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THE ULTIMATE SOFTWARE GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 
            Delaware            
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
         000-24347         
(Commission File Number)
 
     65-0694077     
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
      2000 Ultimate Way, Weston, Florida
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
         33326        
(Zip Code)


(954) 331-7000                       
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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 Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. ("Ultimate") held its 2015 Annual Meeting on May 18, 2015.  The principal business of the meeting was (i) to elect three directors to serve until the 2018 Annual Meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (ii) to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as Ultimate’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015; and (iii) to approve by non-binding advisory vote the compensation paid to Ultimate’s named executive officers. The final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote are below.

(i) The names of the nominees for directors whose term expired at the 2015 Annual Meeting and who were elected at the 2015 Annual Meeting to serve as directors until the 2018 Annual Meeting of stockholders are as follows:

Nominee
 
Shares For
 
Shares Against
 
Shares Abstain
 
Non Votes
Marc D. Scherr
 
25,203,228
 
1,393,042
 
129,557
 
1,904,482
Rick A. Wilber
 
24,495,288
 
2,100,982
 
129,557
 
1,904,482
James A. FitzPatrick Jr
 
22,565,063
 
4,031,207
 
129,557
 
1,904,482

(ii) The results of the vote to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as Ultimate’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 are as follows:

Shares For
 
Shares Against
 
Shares Abstain
 
Non Votes
28,515,857
 
109,495
 
4,957
 

(iii) The results of the non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to Ultimate’s named executive officers are as follows:

Shares For
 
Shares Against
 
Shares Abstain
 
Non Votes
17,180,676
 
9,022,656
 
522,495
 
1,904,482



 
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.

 
 
THE ULTIMATE SOFTWARE GROUP, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
By:  /s/ Mitchell K. Dauerman
 
 
Mitchell K. Dauerman
 
 
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
 
 
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
 
 
 
Dated:  May 19, 2015