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 16, 2016 (May 12, 2016)
Assurant, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission File Number: 001-31978
| DE | 39-1126612 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
28 Liberty Street, 41st Floor
New York, New York 10005
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(212) 859-7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(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.
Assurant, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 12, 2016. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (1) elected each of the nominees listed below to the Company’s board of directors to serve until the 2017 Annual Meeting or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, (2) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2016, (3) approved, by non-binding advisory vote, the 2015 compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers and (4) approved, by non-binding advisory vote, a stockholder proposal concerning proposed changes in the Company’s by-laws and articles of incorporation.
The following is a summary of the votes cast, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, as to each proposal, including a separate tabulation with respect to each nominee for director.
Proposal 1: Election of Directors.
| Nominees: |
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
||||||||||||
| Elaine D. Rosen |
54,128,770 | 433,908 | 16,610 | 3,519,375 | ||||||||||||
| Howard L. Carver |
53,264,871 | 1,296,967 | 17,450 | 3,519,375 | ||||||||||||
| Juan N. Cento |
54,322,664 | 239,423 | 17,201 | 3,519,375 | ||||||||||||
| Alan B. Colberg |
53,945,048 | 577,790 | 56,450 | 3,519,375 | ||||||||||||
| Elyse Douglas |
54,431,141 | 131,579 | 16,568 | 3,519,375 | ||||||||||||
| Lawrence V. Jackson |
53,989,303 | 572,781 | 17,204 | 3,519,375 | ||||||||||||
| Charles J. Koch |
53,989,197 | 534,241 | 55,850 | 3,519,375 | ||||||||||||
| Jean-Paul L. Montupet |
51,912,071 | 2,650,062 | 17,155 | 3,519,375 | ||||||||||||
| Paul J. Reilly |
54,397,375 | 125,415 | 56,498 | 3,519,375 | ||||||||||||
| Robert W. Stein |
54,392,635 | 169,407 | 17,246 | 3,519,375 | ||||||||||||
Proposal 2: Ratification of Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2016.
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 57,184,630 | 833,703 | 80,330 | 0 |
Proposal 3: Non-binding Advisory Vote on the 2015 Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers.
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 51,877,999 | 2,599,595 | 101,694 | 3,519,375 |
Proposal 4: Non-binding Advisory Vote on Stockholder Proposal Concerning Proposed Changes in the Company’s By-laws and Articles of Incorporation.
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 53,772,925 | 710,015 | 96,348 | 3,519,375 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Assurant, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Bart Schwartz | |
| Bart Schwartz | ||
| Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ||
Date: May 16, 2016