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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): March 29, 2018

DYCOM INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida
 
001-10613
 
59-1277135
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission file number)
 
(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11780 U.S. Highway One, Suite 600,
 
 
 
 
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33408
 
 
 
 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(561) 627-7171
 
 
 
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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).
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 2, 2018, Dycom Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Richard K. Sykes as a director. Mr. Sykes is a former Senior Partner of McKinsey & Company, Inc. Mr. Sykes was a Management Consultant with McKinsey from February 1996 to his retirement in August 2017. During his career at McKinsey, Mr. Sykes served in multiple firm-level leadership roles, including as Managing Partner of McKinsey’s Midwest Office. In connection with Mr. Sykes’s appointment, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a resolution to increase the number of board members from seven to eight. The appointment, effective March 29, 2018, is for a term extending until the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

The Board of Directors has not made a determination as to whether Mr. Sykes will be named to any committees of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Sykes’s compensation for service as a non-employee director will be consistent with that of the Company’s other non-employee directors, subject to proration to reflect the commencement date of his service on the Board. The non-employee director compensation program is described under the caption “Director Compensation” in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 12, 2017.

A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statement and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
 
 






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 thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Dated: April 2, 2018
DYCOM INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Registrant)
By:  
/s/ Richard B. Vilsoet
Name:  
Richard B. Vilsoet
Title:  
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary