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style="width:95.743%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><div style="margin-top:16pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744; </span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><div style="margin-top:16pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. </span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:1pt;text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><div id="i8d5c266b9ce94e5e843bd462f16a587c_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.052%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:86.748%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Item 5.03</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">On </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">January&#160;26, 2021</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">,</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%"> the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (the "Company") amended and restated the Company's Bylaws (the &#8220;Amended and Restated Bylaws&#8221;), effective as of January 27, 2021, to amend Article III, Section 2 thereof to decrease the number of authorized directors from twelve (12) to eleven (11) to eliminate a vacancy created by the retirement of Mr. Joseph R. Bronson from the Board. The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.052%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:86.748%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Item 5.07</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Submission of Matter to a Vote of Security Holders</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">On January 26, 2021, the Company held its annual meeting of shareholders, at which the following items were voted upon: </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Proposal No. 1</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">: Election of Directors</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:73.065%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:36.170%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.747%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:19.673%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:16.010%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%;text-decoration:underline">For</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%;text-decoration:underline">Against</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%;text-decoration:underline">Abstain</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Steven J. Demetriou</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">103,054,655</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">2,767,875</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">51,745</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Christopher M.T. Thompson</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">105,651,020</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">109,271</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">113,984</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">General Vincent K. Brooks</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">105,248,758</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">549,386</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">76,131</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Robert C. Davidson, Jr.</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">103,165,616</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">2,625,934</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">82,725</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">General Ralph E. Eberhart</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">104,947,679</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">847,158</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">79,438</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Manny Fernandez</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">105,276,321</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">493,381</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">104,573</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Georgette D. Kiser</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">102,685,400</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">2,938,999</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">249,876</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Linda Fayne Levinson</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">103,208,341</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">2,256,133</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">409,801</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Barbara l. Loughran</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">104,967,992</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">835,544</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">70,739</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Robert A. McNamara</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">104,937,189</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">856,260</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">80,826</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Peter J. Robertson</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">103,488,616</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">2,270,593</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">115,066</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">There were 10,485,703 broker non-votes in the election of directors.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Proposal No. 2</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">: Advisory Vote to Approve the Company&#8217;s Executive Compensation</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:65.476%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.445%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:31.627%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:31.628%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">For</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Against</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Abstain</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">103,179,162</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2,210,457</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">484,656</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">There were 10,485,703 broker non-votes on the proposal.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration:underline">Proposal No. 3</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">: Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst &amp; Young LLP as the Company&#8217;s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending October 1, 2021</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:65.476%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.445%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:31.627%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:31.628%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">For</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Against</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Abstain</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">109,377,400</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">6,847,355</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">135,223</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">There were no broker non-votes on the proposal.</span></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.052%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:86.748%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Item 8.01</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Other Events</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration:underline">Changes to Committee Composition</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Effective as of January 26, 2021, the following changes were made to the composition of the Committees of the Board:</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#8226;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%;padding-left:14.94pt">Audit Committee</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">: (i)  Mr. Bronson retired from the Board and will no longer serve as a member or Chair of the Audit Committee, (iii) Ms. Barbara L. Loughran has succeeded Mr. Bronson as Chair of the Audit Committee, and (iii) Ms. Georgette D. Kiser was added as a member.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#8226;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%;padding-left:14.94pt">Human Resource and Compensation Committee</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">: (i) Gen. 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Berryman</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Kevin C. 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j-20210126
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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):
January 26, 2021
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
1-7463
95-4081636
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(SEC File No.)
(IRS Employer
identification number)
1999 Bryan Street
Suite 1200
Dallas
Texas
75201
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number (including area code): (
214
)
583-8500
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:
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of Each Class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock
$1 par value
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New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company 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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Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Item 5.03
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
On
January 26, 2021
,
the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (the "Company") amended and restated the Company's Bylaws (the "Amended and Restated Bylaws"), effective as of January 27, 2021, to amend Article III, Section 2 thereof to decrease the number of authorized directors from twelve (12) to eleven (11) to eliminate a vacancy created by the retirement of Mr. Joseph R. Bronson from the Board. The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07
Submission of Matter to a Vote of Security Holders
On January 26, 2021, the Company held its annual meeting of shareholders, at which the following items were voted upon:
Proposal No. 1
: Election of Directors
For
Against
Abstain
Steven J. Demetriou
103,054,655
2,767,875
51,745
Christopher M.T. Thompson
105,651,020
109,271
113,984
General Vincent K. Brooks
105,248,758
549,386
76,131
Robert C. Davidson, Jr.
103,165,616
2,625,934
82,725
General Ralph E. Eberhart
104,947,679
847,158
79,438
Manny Fernandez
105,276,321
493,381
104,573
Georgette D. Kiser
102,685,400
2,938,999
249,876
Linda Fayne Levinson
103,208,341
2,256,133
409,801
Barbara l. Loughran
104,967,992
835,544
70,739
Robert A. McNamara
104,937,189
856,260
80,826
Peter J. Robertson
103,488,616
2,270,593
115,066
There were 10,485,703 broker non-votes in the election of directors.
Proposal No. 2
: Advisory Vote to Approve the Company's Executive Compensation
For
Against
Abstain
103,179,162
2,210,457
484,656
There were 10,485,703 broker non-votes on the proposal.
Proposal No. 3
: Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending October 1, 2021
For
Against
Abstain
109,377,400
6,847,355
135,223
There were no broker non-votes on the proposal.
Item 8.01
Other Events
Changes to Committee Composition
Effective as of January 26, 2021, the following changes were made to the composition of the Committees of the Board:
•
Audit Committee
: (i)  Mr. Bronson retired from the Board and will no longer serve as a member or Chair of the Audit Committee, (iii) Ms. Barbara L. Loughran has succeeded Mr. Bronson as Chair of the Audit Committee, and (iii) Ms. Georgette D. Kiser was added as a member.
•
Human Resource and Compensation Committee
: (i) Gen. Vincent K Brooks and Mr. Manny Fernandez were added as members, and (ii) Ms. Loughran will no longer serve as a member.
•
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
: (i) Gen. Brooks was added as a member, and (ii) Ms. Kiser will no longer serve as a member.
Dividend
On January 27, 2021, the Board declared a quarterly cash dividend payable to shareholders in the amount of $0.21 per share of the Company's common stock. This represents an 11% increase in the quarterly dividend. This dividend will be paid on March 26, 2021 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 26, 2021. Future dividend payments are subject to review and approval by the Board.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits:
3.1
Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated as of January 27, 2021
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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.
Dated: January 28, 2021
JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC.
By:
/s/ Kevin C. Berryman
Kevin C. Berryman
President
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)