UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): August 5, 2021

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Expansion in Board Size

On August 5, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from nine directors to ten directors, effective immediately on that date.

Appointment of Director

On August 5, 2021, at a meeting of the Board and upon the recommendation of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee, the Board appointed Felecia Pryor as an independent director to fill the vacancy created by the increase in the size of the Board.  Ms. Pryor will serve until the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, when she will be subject to re-election to the Board by a vote of the Company’s shareholders, or until her earlier resignation or removal.

At the meeting, the Board also appointed Ms. Pryor to the Compensation Committee.

Felecia Pryor currently serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of BorgWarner, Inc., an American multinational automotive supplier, and previously served as its Global Vice President, HR Morse Systems from October 2018 to March 2019.  Prior to joining BorgWarner, Ms. Pryor served in various management roles with Ford Motor Company, an American multinational automaker, including HR – Global Director, Personnel Organization & Planning from 2018 to 2019, ASEAN Region – Bangkok, Thailand, VP, HR from 2016 to 2018 and Asia Pacific Region – China Ford Research & Engineering Center HR Director from 2014 to 2016. She has twenty years of progressive human resources experience. Ms. Pryor holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice from Valdosta University and a Master’s degree in public administration from Florida Atlantic University. Additionally, she has a Juris Doctor degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School.

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Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Exhibit Title
99.1		Press Release issued by Lincoln Educational Services Corporation dated August 5, 2021

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.

 

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