Form 8-K

 

 

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

May 12, 2016

Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

 

LOGO

GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-32195   80-0873306

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

6620 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA   23230
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(804) 281-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(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.

At the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders of Genworth Financial, Inc. (“Genworth”), held on May 12, 2016, the holders of Genworth’s Class A Common Stock entitled to vote at the meeting (1) elected all nine of the director nominees for the ensuing year, (2) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Genworth’s named executive officers, and (3) ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as Genworth’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016.

The final voting results were as follows:

Proposal 1

Election of directors

 

     Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes		  

William H. Bolinder

      284,687,703         37,298,644         18,740,001         113,505,550   

G. Kent Conrad

      308,280,316         13,690,770         18,755,262         113,505,550   

Melina E. Higgins

      308,258,835         13,757,179         18,710,334         113,505,550   

Thomas J. McInerney

      312,300,242         9,723,515         18,702,591         113,505,550   

David M. Moffett

      307,499,338         14,481,461         18,745,549         113,505,550   

Thomas E. Moloney

      310,876,121         11,151,391         18,698,836         113,505,550   

John R. Nichols

      312,852,687         9,203,201         18,670,460         113,505,550   

James A. Parke

      309,975,954         12,010,727         18,739,667         113,505,550   

James S. Riepe

      309,897,927         12,134,049         18,694,372         113,505,550   

Proposal 2

 

     Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes		  

Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of Genworth’s named executive officers

      281,363,700         37,986,270         21,376,378         113,505,550   

Proposal 3

 

     Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes		  

Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for 2016

      431,426,316         7,967,418         14,838,164         N/A   

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.

 

    GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC.
Date: May 13, 2016     By:   /s/ Ward E. Bobitz
      Ward E. Bobitz
      Executive Vice President and General Counsel