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):  June 16, 2011

 

Hilltop Holdings Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland

 

1-31987

 

84-1477939

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification
No.)

 

200 Crescent Court, Suite 1330

 

 

Dallas, Texas

 

75201

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (214) 855-2177

 

 

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

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Section 5 — Corporate Governance and Management

 

Item 5.07                     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On June 16, 2011, Hilltop Holdings Inc., or the Company, held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in Dallas, Texas.  At the 2011 Annual Meeting, stockholders were asked to vote on four proposals:  the election of the twelve director nominees named in the proxy statement; an advisory vote on executive compensation; an advisory vote on the frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation; and the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2011.  The voting results at the 2011 Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

Proposal No. 1:           The following twelve director nominees were elected to serve on the Company’s board of directors until the 2012 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify.

 

Name

 

For

 

Against

 

Withheld

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rhodes R. Bobbitt

 

44,601,900

 

 

556,364

 

4,458,554

 

W. Joris Brinkerhoff

 

44,715,500

 

 

442,764

 

4,458,554

 

Charles R. Cummings

 

44,495,544

 

 

662,720

 

4,458,554

 

Gerald J. Ford

 

42,300,276

 

 

2,857,988

 

4,458,554

 

Jeremy B. Ford

 

44,471,305

 

 

686,959

 

4,458,554

 

J. Markham Green

 

44,640,521

 

 

517,743

 

4,458,554

 

Jess T. Hay

 

44,593,599

 

 

564,665

 

4,458,554

 

William T. Hill, Jr.

 

44,594,178

 

 

564,086

 

4,458,554

 

W. Robert Nichols, III

 

40,252,804

 

 

4,895,460

 

4,458,554

 

C. Clifton Robinson

 

44,585,701

 

 

572,563

 

4,458,554

 

Kenneth D. Russell

 

44,662,501

 

 

 

495,763

 

4,458,554

 

Carl B. Webb

 

35,341,154

 

 

9,817,110

 

4,458,554

 

 

Proposal No. 2:           The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the 2010 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

42,758,876

 

519,295

 

1,880,093

 

4,458,554

 

 

Proposal No. 3:           The stockholders preferred frequency of an advisory vote on executive compensation was every year.

 

1 Year

 

2 Years

 

Three Years

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

42,075,556

 

7,345

 

2,214,108

 

861,255

 

4,458,554

 

 

The Company’s Board of Directors recommended annual advisory voting on executive compensation. Taking into account the preferences of the Company’s stockholders, as indicated by the foregoing vote, the Company will hold advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers annually until the next required (non-binding) vote on the frequency of advisory “say-on-pay” votes.

 

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Proposal No. 4:           The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2011 was ratified.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

49,533,458

 

52,003

 

31,357

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

Hilltop Holdings Inc.,

 

 

a Maryland corporation

 

 

 

 

 

Date: June 20, 2011

By:

/s/ COREY PRESTIDGE

 

 

Name: Corey G. Prestidge

 

 

Title: General Counsel & Secretary

 

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