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

 

August 23, 2018

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

AMERCO

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Nevada	1-11255	88-0106815
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

5555 Kietzke Lane, Ste. 100 Reno, Nevada 89511

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(775) 688-6300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.07   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On August 23, 2018, AMERCO (the “Company”) held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. At such meeting our stockholders voted upon and approved: (i) the election of Edward J. Shoen, James E. Acridge, John P. Brogan, John M. Dodds, James J. Grogan, Richard J. Herrera, Karl A. Schmidt and Samuel J. Shoen as directors of the Company, to serve until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company (“Proposal 1”); (ii) the ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019 (“Proposal 2”); and (iii) a proposal received from Company stockholder proponents to ratify and affirm the decisions and actions taken by the Board of Directors and executive officers of the Company, with respect to AMERCO, its subsidiaries, and its various constituencies, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 (“Proposal 3”).

The following table sets forth the votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter voted on at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of AMERCO.

 

	Votes Cast For	Votes Cast Against	Votes Withheld	Abstentions	Broker Non-votes
Proposal 1
Edward J. Shoen	14,618,513	-	1,960,387	-	1,076,739
James E. Acridge	16,115,853	-	463,047	-	1,076,739
John P. Brogan	15,476,883	-	1,102,017	-	1,076,739
John M. Dodds	15,710,527	-	868,373	-	1,076,739
James J. Grogan	16,039,299	-	539,601	-	1,076,739
Richard J. Herrera	15,931,201	-	647,699	-	1,076,739
Karl A. Schmidt	16,056,231	-	522,669	-	1,076,739
Samuel J. Shoen	14,525,230	-	2,053,670	-	1,076,739
Proposal 2	17,386,913	254,251	-	14,475	-
Proposal 3	14,623,034	2,849,489	-	183,116	-

 

 

Item 8.01.  Other Items

 

On August 24, 2018, AMERCO (the “Company”) announced that its Board of Directors declared a special cash dividend on its Common Stock of $0.50 per share payable to all shareholders of record of the Company’s Common Stock as of close of business on September 10, 2018. The payment date for the special dividend will be September 24, 2018.

 

The Company’s press release regarding the special dividend is included as Exhibit 99.1.

 

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.  

 

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release dated August 24, 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.

 

Dated: August 24, 2018

 

AMERCO

 

 

/s/ Jason A. Berg

 

Jason A. Berg

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release dated August 24, 2018.