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): May 11, 2012
Artio Global Investors Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-34457 | 13-6174048 | ||
|
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
|
330 Madison Ave. New York, NY |
10017 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(212) 297-3600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 11, 2012, Artio Global Investors Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, three proposals were submitted to the Company’s stockholders. Each proposal is described in more detail in the Company’s 2012 Annual Proxy Statement, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2012 (the “Proxy Statement”). The voting results for each proposal are set forth below.
Proposal 1
The Company’s stockholders elected the following director to serve until the annual meeting of stockholders in the year 2015 and until his respective successor is duly elected and qualified. The results were as follows:
| Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| Richard Pell | 49,843,737 | 5,791,348 | 1,238,406 | |||||||||
Proposal 2
The nonbinding advisory vote of the Company’s stockholders to approve the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement was as follows:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 38,215,311 | 16,465,359 | 954,415 | 1,238,406 | |||||||||||
Proposal 3
The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. The results were as follows:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 56,717,116 | 152,981 | 3,394 | 0 | |||||||||||
SIGNATURE
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.
| Artio Global Investors Inc. | ||
| Date: May 14, 2012 | By: | /s/ Francis Harte |
| Name: | Francis Harte | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |