0001104659-15-044358.txt : 20150609 0001104659-15-044358.hdr.sgml : 20150609 20150609172400 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-15-044358 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150609 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20150609 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150609 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Hill International, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001287808 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-ENGINEERING SERVICES [8711] IRS NUMBER: 200953973 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33961 FILM NUMBER: 15921728 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE COMMERCE SQUARE STREET 2: 2005 MARKET STREET, 17TH FLOOR CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19103 BUSINESS PHONE: (856) 810-6200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE COMMERCE SQUARE STREET 2: 2005 MARKET STREET, 17TH FLOOR CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19103 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ARPEGGIO ACQUISITION CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040420 8-K 1 a15-13752_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

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 9, 2015

 

HILL INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-33961

 

20-0953973

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

303 Lippincott Centre, Marlton, NJ

 

08053

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (856) 810-6200

 

 

(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)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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))

 

 

 



 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On June 9, 2015, Hill International, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it had convened and then adjourned, without conducting any business, its annual meeting of stockholders until Friday, August 7, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time in response to an order of the Delaware Court of Chancery. A copy of the Company’s press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

 

99.1

Press Release dated June 9, 2015.

 

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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.

 

 

 

HILL INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William H. Dengler

 

 

Name:

William H. Dengler

Dated: June 9, 2015

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

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EX-99.1 2 a15-13752_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Hill International Adjourns Annual Stockholders

Meeting and Rescinds Stockholder Rights Plan

 

Philadelphia, PA — June 9, 2015 — Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced that it has adjourned its 2015 Annual Stockholders Meeting.  The delay is necessary so that Hill can submit proxy materials and conduct a proxy campaign in response to activist stockholder Bulldog Investors, LLC.  Hill’s Annual Meeting will reconvene on Friday, August 7, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, at Two Commerce Square, 2001 Market Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

 

Hill had earlier determined that Bulldog’s notices to the company were untimely and improper and failed to comply with the company’s Bylaws related to such matters.  Bulldog subsequently filed a complaint against Hill seeking to overturn the company’s determination and delay the Annual Meeting so that it could conduct a proxy contest.  In a ruling made last week, the Delaware Chancery Court held that one of Bulldog’s two notices was timely and has permitted Bulldog to submit two advisory stockholder proposals for consideration and nominate two of its principals for election to Hill’s board at this year’s Annual Meeting.

 

“While we will be appealing the Chancery Court’s decision, we nevertheless will also be progressing with a proxy campaign over the next two months,” said David L. Richter, Hill’s President and Chief Executive Officer.  “We are confident that Hill’s current strategic plan combined with our strong growth outlook and aggressive cost optimization program will deliver both near- and long-term value to our stockholders, and that Bulldog’s self-serving proxy fight will not benefit our stockholders in any way,” added Richter.

 

In addition, Hill’s board of directors today terminated the stockholder rights plan that it had adopted early last month.

 

“We had conversations with numerous stockholders over the past month and their opinions of the rights plan were generally negative,” said Richter.  “We listen closely our stockholders and our board felt that the benefits of the rights plan were outweighed by the concerns of our stockholders,” added Richter.

 

Hill International, with 4,800 professionals in 100 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management, construction claims and other consulting services primarily to the buildings, transportation, environmental, energy and industrial markets.  Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked Hill as the ninth largest construction management firm in the United States.  For more information on Hill, please visit our website at www.hillintl.com.

 

Certain statements contained herein may be considered “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and it is our intent that any such statements be protected by the safe harbor created thereby.  Except for historical information, the matters set forth herein including, but not limited to, any projections of revenues, earnings or other financial items; any statements concerning our plans, strategies and objectives for future operations; and any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance, are forward-looking statements.  These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates and assumptions and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties.  Although we believe that the expectations, estimates and assumptions reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, actual results could differ materially

 



 

from those projected or assumed in any of our forward-looking statements.  Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from estimates or projections contained in our forward-looking statements are set forth in the Risk Factors section and elsewhere in the reports we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  We do not intend, and undertake no obligation, to update any forward-looking statement.

 

Hill International, Inc.

John P. Paolin

Senior Vice President of Marketing and

Corporate Communications

(215) 309-7710

johnpaolin@hillintl.com

 

The Equity Group Inc.

Devin Sullivan

Senior Vice President

(212) 836-9608

dsullivan@equityny.com

(HIL-G)

 

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