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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): May 8, 2013

 

 

MERCURY GENERAL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

California   001-12257   95-221-1612

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

4484 Wilshire Boulevard

Los Angeles, California 90010

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

(323) 937-1060

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Not applicable

(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:

 

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Item 1.01. Entry Into Material Definitive Agreement

At the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Mercury General Corporation (the “Company”), the shareholders of the Company approved the Mercury General Corporation Senior Executive Incentive Bonus Plan (the “2013 Senior Plan”). A description of the material terms of the 2013 Senior Plan as well as a copy of the 2013 Senior Plan were included in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2013.

The 2013 Senior Plan is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

The Company held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 8, 2013. The matters voted upon at the meeting include the election of all nine directors and the approval of the 2013 Senior Plan. The votes cast with respect to these matters were as follows:

Election of Directors:

 

Nominee

   Number of Shares
Voted For
     Number of Shares
Withheld
 

Bruce A. Bunner

     46,425,662         291,469   

Michael D. Curtius

     46,232,278         484,853   

Christopher Graves

     46,276,890         440,241   

Richard E. Grayson

     46,397,520         319,611   

George Joseph

     46,270,367         446,764   

Martha E. Marcon

     44,248,271         2,468,860   

Donald. P. Newell

     46,124,854         592,277   

Donald R. Spuehler

     46,117,552         599,579   

Gabriel Tirador

     46,209,480         507,651   

Approval of the Mercury General Corporation Senior Executive Incentive Bonus Plan:

 

Number of Shares
Voted For

     Number of Shares
Voted Against
     Number of Shares
Abstained
 
  45,704,496         921,120         91,515   

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

10.1    Mercury General Corporation Senior Executive Incentive Bonus Plan.

 

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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.

 

Date: May 10, 2013     MERCURY GENERAL CORPORATION
    By:  

/s/ THEODORE STALICK

    Name:   Theodore Stalick
    Its:   Chief Financial Officer

 

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