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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:2.25pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:2.322%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:95.478%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-right:2.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="ia958b360f4a748918525cf4c984d1f70_D20220125-20220125" name="dei:SolicitingMaterial" format="ixt-sec:boolballotbox" 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style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:2.25pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:2.322%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:95.478%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-right:2.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="ia958b360f4a748918525cf4c984d1f70_D20220125-20220125" 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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="i5100f4254c2c4e32acd3cf35316adc8f_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;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="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:107%">On January 26, 2022, the Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) 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 26, 2022, to amend Article III, Section 2 thereof to provide that the exact number of directors will be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board (with the number not being less than three or more than 21), in accordance with the Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of January 27, 2014. </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:107%">Following the retirement of Bob Davidson and Linda Fayne Levinson from the Board on January 25, 2022, the Board eliminated the vacancies resulting from such retirements by reducing the size of the Board to ten (10) directors.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">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><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;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 style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">On January&#160;25, 2022, the Company held its annual meeting of shareholders, at which the following items were voted upon: </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: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. 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"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;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%">101,707,817</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%">2,870,376</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%">97,183</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%">103,687,061</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%">836,430</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%">151,885</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%">Priya Abani</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%">104,304,365</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%">251,450</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%">119,561</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%">102,830,862</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%">1,718,993</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%">125,521</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%">102,619,661</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%">1,930,294</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%">125,421</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%">102,647,256</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%">1,908,856</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%">119,264</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%">101,852,532</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%">2,701,905</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%">120,939</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%">103,990,794</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%">558,019</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%">126,563</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%">104,155,783</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%">386,739</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%">132,854</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%">100,788,193</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%">3,757,207</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%">129,976</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">There were 9,814,810 broker non-votes in the election of directors.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;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"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;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%">90,692,459</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%">13,654,592</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%">328,325</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 9,814,810 broker non-votes on the proposal.</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><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;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 September 30, 2022</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;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%">110,193,466</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%">4,120,085</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%">176,635</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;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="margin-top:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;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:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;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 25, 2022, 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%">:  Ms. Linda Fayne Levinson retired from the Board and will no longer serve as a member of the Committee.</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">ESG and Risk Committee</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">: (i) Mr. Robert C. Davidson, Jr. and Ms. Fayne Levinson retired from the Board and will no longer serve as members of the Committee and (ii) General Ralph E. Eberhart was added as a member.</span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:107%">&#8226;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:107%;padding-left:14.64pt">Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:107%">: (i)  Mr. Davidson retired from the Board and will no longer serve as Chair or a member of the Committee, (ii) General Eberhart has succeeded Mr. Davidson as Chair, (iii) Ms. Fayne Levinson has retired from the Board and will no longer serve as a member of the Committee, and  (iv) Ms. Kiser was added as a member.</span></div><div style="margin-top:15pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Dividend</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%">On January 26, 2022, the Board declared a quarterly cash dividend payable to shareholders in the amount of $0.23 per share of the Company&#8217;s common stock. This represents an 10% increase in the quarterly dividend. This dividend will be paid on March 25, 2022 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 25, 2022. Future dividend payments are subject to review and approval by the Board.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;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 9.01</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%">Financial Statements and Exhibits</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:33.75pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(d)</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:4.92pt">Exhibits:</span><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.342%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:92.458%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit31-arbylawseffectiv.htm">3.1</a></span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit31-arbylawseffectiv.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated as of January 26, 2022</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">104&#160;</span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><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="i5100f4254c2c4e32acd3cf35316adc8f_10"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></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:120%">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.</span></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:120%">Dated: January 28, 2022</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</span><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:50.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.721%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:89.079%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Jacobs Chronos',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="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%">JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC.</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="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%">/s/&#160;Kevin C. 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. Berryman</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="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="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%">President</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="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="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%">and Chief Financial Officer</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="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%">(Principal Financial Officer)</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:16pt"><span><br/></span></div><div><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></body></html>
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j-20220125
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 25, 2022
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:
☐
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐
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:
_________________________________________________________________
Title of Each Class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock
$1 par value
J
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, 2022, 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 26, 2022, to amend Article III, Section 2 thereof to provide that the exact number of directors will be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board (with the number not being less than three or more than 21), in accordance with the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of January 27, 2014.
Following the retirement of Bob Davidson and Linda Fayne Levinson from the Board on January 25, 2022, the Board eliminated the vacancies resulting from such retirements by reducing the size of the Board to ten (10) directors.
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 25, 2022, 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
101,707,817
2,870,376
97,183
Christopher M.T. Thompson
103,687,061
836,430
151,885
Priya Abani
104,304,365
251,450
119,561
General Vincent K. Brooks
102,830,862
1,718,993
125,521
General Ralph E. Eberhart
102,619,661
1,930,294
125,421
Manny Fernandez
102,647,256
1,908,856
119,264
Georgette D. Kiser
101,852,532
2,701,905
120,939
Barbara l. Loughran
103,990,794
558,019
126,563
Robert A. McNamara
104,155,783
386,739
132,854
Peter J. Robertson
100,788,193
3,757,207
129,976
There were 9,814,810 broker non-votes in the election of directors.
Proposal No. 2
: Advisory Vote to Approve the Company's Executive Compensation
For
Against
Abstain
90,692,459
13,654,592
328,325
There were 9,814,810 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 September 30, 2022
For
Against
Abstain
110,193,466
4,120,085
176,635
There were no broker non-votes on the proposal.
Item 8.01
Other Events
Changes to Committee Composition
Effective as of January 25, 2022, the following changes were made to the composition of the Committees of the Board:
•
Audit Committee
:  Ms. Linda Fayne Levinson retired from the Board and will no longer serve as a member of the Committee.
•
ESG and Risk Committee
: (i) Mr. Robert C. Davidson, Jr. and Ms. Fayne Levinson retired from the Board and will no longer serve as members of the Committee and (ii) General Ralph E. Eberhart was added as a member.
•
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
: (i)  Mr. Davidson retired from the Board and will no longer serve as Chair or a member of the Committee, (ii) General Eberhart has succeeded Mr. Davidson as Chair, (iii) Ms. Fayne Levinson has retired from the Board and will no longer serve as a member of the Committee, and  (iv) Ms. Kiser was added as a member.
Dividend
On January 26, 2022, the Board declared a quarterly cash dividend payable to shareholders in the amount of $0.23 per share of the Company's common stock. This represents an 10% increase in the quarterly dividend. This dividend will be paid on March 25, 2022 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 25, 2022. 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 26, 2022
104
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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, 2022
JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC.
By:
/s/ Kevin C. Berryman
Kevin C. Berryman
President
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)