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): June 6, 2017
 
 
TIPTREE INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
Maryland
 
001-33549
 
38-3754322
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
780 Third Avenue, 21st Floor
New York, New York
 
10017
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 446-1400
(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.

    

Tiptree Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2017 Annual Meeting”) on June 6, 2017. The matters voted upon at the 2017 Annual Meeting and the results of such voting are set forth below:

Proposal 1: Election of Board of Directors:
Name of Director
 
For
 
Withheld
 
Broker Non-Vote
Paul M. Friedman
 
18,591,988
 
1,926,281
 
3,900,814
Bradley E. Smith
 
16,083,456
 
4,434,813
 
3,900,814

All director nominees were duly elected.

Proposal 2: Approval of the Company’s 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan:
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Vote
19,798,672
 
714,897
 
4,700
 
3,900,814

Proposal 2 was approved.

Proposal 3: Ratification of selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017:
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Vote
24,410,730
 
3,576
 
4,777
 
0

Proposal 3 was approved.

Proposal 4: Approval in an advisory (non-binding) vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Vote
14,857,551
 
5,191,531
 
469,187
 
3,900,814

Proposal 4 was approved.

Proposal 5: Advisory (non-binding) vote on whether a stockholder vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers should occur every one, two or three years:
1 Year
 
2 Years
 
3 Years
 
Abstain
4,091,970
 
461,643
 
15,940,510
 
24,146

3 Years received the highest number of all the votes cast at the 2017 Annual Meeting.









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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TIPTREE INC.
 
 
 
 
Date:
June 6, 2017
By:
/s/ Jonathan Ilany
 
 
 
Name: Jonathan Ilany
 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer