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 21, 2015
LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| New York | 1-5721 | 13-2615557 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 520 Madison Avenue, New York, New York | 10022 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 212-460-1900
(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 |
We held our Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 21, 2015.
The advisory vote on executive compensation was approved by 93% of the voting shares (shares voted for or against). The voting results were as follows:
| Number of Shares | ||||
| For |
256,500,360 | |||
| Against |
19,292,246 | |||
| Abstain |
1,398,460 | |||
| Broker Non-Votes |
48,360,656 | |||
Our incumbent directors were re-elected to our Board of Directors and received the following shareholder votes:
| Number of Shares | ||||||||||||||||
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||
| Linda L. Adamany |
276,196,610 | 784,016 | 210,440 | 48,360,656 | ||||||||||||
| Robert D. Beyer |
274,675,027 | 2,297,301 | 218,738 | 48,360,656 | ||||||||||||
| Francisco L. Borges |
276,209,098 | 768,636 | 213,332 | 48,360,656 | ||||||||||||
| W. Patrick Campbell |
276,008,355 | 997,619 | 185,092 | 48,360,656 | ||||||||||||
| Brian P. Friedman |
272,535,396 | 4,435,720 | 219,950 | 48,360,656 | ||||||||||||
| Richard B. Handler |
273,641,598 | 3,350,551 | 198,917 | 48,360,656 | ||||||||||||
| Robert E. Joyal |
274,789,193 | 2,152,791 | 249,082 | 48,360,656 | ||||||||||||
| Jeffrey C. Keil |
273,398,681 | 3,549,247 | 243,138 | 48,360,656 | ||||||||||||
| Michael T. O’Kane |
274,914,627 | 2,050,936 | 225,503 | 48,360,656 | ||||||||||||
| Stuart H. Reese |
276,254,782 | 663,287 | 272,997 | 48,360,656 | ||||||||||||
| Joseph S. Steinberg |
268,352,518 | 8,530,016 | 308,532 | 48,360,656 | ||||||||||||
Our shareholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent auditors for the year ended December 31, 2014. The voting results were as follows:
| Number of Shares | ||||
| For |
323,683,408 | |||
| Against |
1,588,110 | |||
| Abstain |
280,204 | |||
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.
| LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: May 27, 2015 | /s/ Roland T. Kelly | |||||
| Roland T. Kelly | ||||||
| Assistant Secretary and | ||||||
| Associate General Counsel | ||||||