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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, 2018
 
 
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 5.03
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

At the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "2018 Annual Meeting") of Tiptree Inc. (the “Company”) held on June 6, 2018, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment and restatement (the "Amendment") to the Fourth
Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Company (as amended by the Amendment, the “Fifth A&R Charter”) to remove all references to the Company’s Class B common stock as well as other ministerial changes.

The Amendment was filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on June 7, 2018.The foregoing description of the Amendment is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Fifth A&R Charter, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference. A more detailed description of the material changes in rights of the Company's stockholders as a result of the Amendment was included in Proposal No. 2 of the Company's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 2018, which description is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference.

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

    

The Company held its 2018 Annual Meeting on June 6, 2018. The matters voted upon at the 2018 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
Michael G. Barnes
 
22,092,811
 
563,645
 
6,001,690
John E. Mack
 
18,335,450
 
4,321,006
 
6,001,690

All director nominees were duly elected.

Proposal 2: Approval of the Company’s Amended and Restated Charter to remove Class B Common Stock:
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Vote
21,356,370
 
1,300,029
 
57
 
6,001,690

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, 2018:
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Vote
27,369,476
 
13,043
 
1,275,627
 

Proposal 3 was approved.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) List of Exhibits:






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 7, 2018
By:
/s/ Jonathan Ilany
 
 
 
Name: Jonathan Ilany
 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer