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 7, 2014

 

 

EXPRESS SCRIPTS HOLDING COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-35490   45-2884094

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation or Organization

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

One Express Way, St. Louis, MO   63121
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number including area code: 314-996-0900

No change since last report

(Former Name or Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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

Express Scripts Holding Company (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at the Company’s principal executive offices on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Of the 775,512,376 shares outstanding and entitled to vote, 674,226,672 shares were represented at the meeting, or an 86.94% quorum. The results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Proposal 1. Election of Directors. All of the nominees nominated by the Board of Directors for director were elected to serve until the next Annual Meeting or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below.

 

NOMINEE

   FOR      AGAINST      ABSTAIN      BROKER
NON-VOTES
 

Gary G. Benanav

     578,127,774         19,869,735         887,278         75,341,885   

Maura C. Breen

     585,587,102         12,439,313         858,372         75,341,885   

William J. DeLaney

     585,703,554         12,300,233         881,000         75,341,885   

Nicholas J. LaHowchic

     586,240,369         11,732,553         911,865         75,341,885   

Thomas P. Mac Mahon

     576,082,661         21,922,145         879,981         75,341,885   

Frank Mergenthaler

     589,941,369         8,053,700         889,718         75,341,885   

Woodrow A. Myers, Jr., M.D.

     586,357,095         11,649,709         877,983         75,341,885   

John O. Parker, Jr.

     582,180,285         15,813,580         890,922         75,341,885   

George Paz

     575,070,019         20,933,409         2,881,359         75,341,885   

William L. Roper, M.D., MPH

     589,781,863         8,227,246         875,678         75,341,885   

Seymour Sternberg

     577,183,666         20,812,222         888,899         75,341,885   

Proposal 2. The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for 2014 was ratified by the stockholders, by the votes set forth in the table below.

 

FOR

  

AGAINST

  

ABSTAIN

664,320,278

   8,996,128    910,266

Proposal 3. The stockholders approved, on a non-binding basis, executive compensation, by the votes set forth in the table below.

 

FOR

  

AGAINST

  

ABSTAIN

  

BROKER NON-VOTES

579,082,880

   16,308,583    3,493,324    75,341,885


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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

    EXPRESS SCRIPTS HOLDING COMPANY
Date: May 8, 2014     By:  

/s/ Keith J. Ebling

      Keith J. Ebling
      Executive Vice President and General Counsel