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 22, 2014

 

HCC INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-13790

 

76-0336636

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

13403 Northwest Freeway

Houston, Texas 77040

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(713) 690-7300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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))

 

 

 



 

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

 

On May 21, 2014, HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  During the Annual Meeting, stockholders were asked to consider and vote upon three proposals: (1) the election of eleven nominees to serve as members of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) for a one-year term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2015 and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, (2) an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive offices, and (3) the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014.

 

On the record date of April 1, 2014, there were 100,074,258 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to be voted at the Annual Meeting.  For each proposal, the results of the stockholder voting were as follows:

 

1.              Election of eleven nominees to serve as members of the Board for a one-year term:

 

Nominee

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Emmanuel T. Ballases

 

90,150,375

 

309,749

 

3,423,856

 

Frank J. Bramanti

 

88,591,422

 

1,868,702

 

3,423,856

 

Walter M. Duer

 

90,129,919

 

330,205

 

3,423,856

 

James C. Flagg, Ph.D.

 

85,997,892

 

4,462,232

 

3,423,856

 

Thomas M. Hamilton

 

77,323,427

 

13,136,697

 

3,423,856

 

John N. Molbeck, Jr.

 

88,663,873

 

1,796,251

 

3,423,856

 

Susan Rivera

 

90,073,032

 

387,092

 

3,423,856

 

Hans D. Rohlf

 

90,095,406

 

364,718

 

3,423,856

 

Robert A. Rosholt

 

90,151,175

 

308,949

 

3,423,856

 

J. Mikesell Thomas

 

89,526,685

 

933,439

 

3,423,856

 

Christopher J.B. Williams

 

88,702,948

 

1,757,176

 

3,423,856

 

 

2.              Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

86,004,498

 

4,012,034

 

443,592

 

3,423,856

 

 

3.              Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014:

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

91,728,324

 

1,980,246

 

175,410

 

n/a

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

By: 

/s/ Alexander M Ludlow

 

Alexander M Ludlow

 

Associate General Counsel & Assistant Secretary

 

 

DATED:  May 22, 2014

 

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