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 31, 2018

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(818) 224‑7442

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(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.

On May 31, 2018, PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”) in Westlake Village, California for the purpose of: (i) electing eleven  (11) director nominees to serve on the Board of Directors (the “Board”), each for a one-year term expiring at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; (ii) ratifying the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018; (iii) approving, by non-binding vote, the Company’s executive compensation; and (iv) approving an amendment to the PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.  As of the record date, 24,277,730 shares of Class A common stock were issued and outstanding, and 45 shares of Class B common stock were issued and held by owners of Class A units of Private National Mortgage Acceptance Company, LLC (“PNMAC”).  Each share of Class A common stock held on the record date entitled the holder to one vote on each proposal. Each share of Class B common stock held on the record date entitled the holder to a number of votes on each proposal equal to the number of Class A units of PNMAC held by such holder on the record date.  The total number of eligible votes as of the record date was 76,821,655, of which 73,514,688 votes, or 95.69%, were present in person or by proxy.

Proposal 1:    The election of eleven  (11) director nominees to serve on the Board, each for a one-year term expiring at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

All director nominees were elected. 

Proposal 2:    Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.

Proposal 3:    Approval, by non-binding vote, of the Company’s executive compensation.

Proposal 4:    Approval of an amendment to the PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.

Further information regarding these proposals is set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 17, 2018.

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.