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): July 2, 2015
KELLY SERVICES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| DELAWARE | 0-1088 | 38-1510762 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
999 WEST BIG BEAVER ROAD, TROY, MICHIGAN 48084
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(248) 362-4444
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensation Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On July 2, 2015, Kelly Services, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Hirotoshi Takahashi will become a member of the Company’s board of directors effective August 1, 2015. Mr. Takahashi, age 46, serves as an executive vice president of Temp Holdings Co., Ltd. (“Temp Holdings”) and as president and chief executive officer of Intelligence, Ltd., an affiliate of Temp Holdings.
Temp Holdings is a recruiting and human resources company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Temp Holdings and the Company entered into a strategic alliance in 2010 as a result of which Mr. Takahashi has been designated to serve as Temp Holding’s representative on the Company’s board of directors.
A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Takahashi’s election is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
| (d) | Exhibits |
| 99.1 | Press release dated July 2, 2015. |
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.
| KELLY SERVICES, INC. | ||||||
| Date: July 2, 2015 | /s/ James M. Polehna | |||||
| James M. Polehna | ||||||
| Vice President and Corporate Secretary | ||||||
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release dated July 2, 2015. | |
Exhibit 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
KELLY SERVICES® ELECTS NEW BOARD MEMBER
TROY, Mich. (July 2, 2015) – The board of directors of Kelly Services (Nasdaq: KELYA, KELYB) elected Hirotoshi Takahashi to the company’s board effective August 1, 2015. Mr. Takahashi is Executive Vice President of Temp Holdings, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Intelligence, Ltd. He fills the board vacancy left by the retirement of Toshio Saburi, executive director, Temp Holdings in 2014. With his addition, the Kelly Services board has 11 members.
In 2010, Temp Holdings and Kelly Services formed a strategic alliance to expand and strengthen their competitive positions in the global staffing market. Carl Camden, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kelly Services, serves as a director of Temp Holdings.
Mr. Takahashi joined Intelligence as a full-time associate in 1995 after working on a part-time basis for the company while completing his undergraduate degree at Waseda University in Tokyo. He was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Intelligence in 2008. He briefly served as Director at USEN Corporation, a broadband-related infrastructure company, as a result of acquisition of Intelligence by USEN Corporation in 2008. In 2013, Temp Holdings acquired Intelligence and Mr. Takahashi was named Executive Vice President of Temp Holdings.
He is also vice president of the Japan Association of HR Services Industry, an organization established for promotion and publication of Human Resource-related policies to the government and corporations in Japan.
“Mr. Takahashi has substantial industry experience to share with our board,” said Terence E. Adderley, Executive Chairman of Kelly Services. “We are delighted to welcome him to our board of directors and look forward to his contributions.”
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About Kelly Services
As a global leader in providing workforce solutions, Kelly Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries, offer a comprehensive array of outsourcing and consulting services as well as world-class staffing on a temporary, temporary-to-hire, and direct-hire basis. Kelly® has a role in managing employment opportunities for more than one million workers around the globe by employing 550,000 of these individuals directly with the remaining workers engaged through its talent supply chain network of supplier partners. Revenue in 2014 was $5.6 billion. Visit kellyservices.com and connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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| Analysts Contact: | Media Contact: | |
| James Polehna | Jane Stehney | |
| Kelly Services | Kelly Services | |
| 248-244-4586 | 248-244-5630 | |
| polehjm@kellyservices.com | stehnja@kellyservices.com | |