SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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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 20, 2015
PRIMERICA, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Delaware |
001-34680 |
27-1204330 |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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1 Primerica Parkway Duluth, Georgia 30099 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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(770) 381-1000 |
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code) |
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Not applicable. |
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) |
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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 (see General Instructions A.2. below):
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Item 5.07.Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Company held its 2015 annual stockholders’ meeting on May 20, 2015. There were 51,655,792 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to be voted, and 47,887,188 of those shares (92.7% of the outstanding shares) were represented in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting. The following is a summary of the proposals that were submitted to the stockholders for approval and a tabulation of votes with respect to each proposal:
Proposal 1 — Election of Eleven Directors
The results of the voting on the election of directors are set forth below. There were 2,528,456 broker non-votes (4.9% of the outstanding shares) for each director on this proposal.
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Nominee |
Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
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(% of voted shares) |
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John A. Addison, Jr. |
45,259,398 (94.5%) |
99,334 (0.2%) |
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Joel M. Babbit |
45,258,865 (94.5%) |
99,867 (0.2%) |
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P. George Benson |
45,259,704 (94.5%) |
99,028 (0.2%) |
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Gary L. Crittenden |
45,132,750 (94.2%) |
225,982 (0.5%) |
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Cynthia N. Day |
44,898,067 (93.8%) |
460,665 (1.0%) |
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Mark Mason |
45,258,355 (94.5%) |
100,377 (0.2%) |
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Robert F. McCullough |
45,250,736 (94.5%) |
107,996 (0.2%) |
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Beatriz R. Perez |
45,249,751 (94.5%) |
108,981 (0.2%) |
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D. Richard Williams |
44,684,628 (93.3%) |
674,104 (1.4%) |
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Glenn J. Williams |
45,265,486 (94.5%) |
93,246 (0.2%) |
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Barbara A. Yastine |
45,247,737 (94.5%) |
110,995 (0.2%) |
Accordingly, each of the eleven nominees received a plurality of the votes cast in favor of that director’s election and was elected.
Proposal 2 — Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP as Our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes |
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(% of voted shares) |
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47,179,909 (98.5%) |
703,432 (1.5%) |
3,847 (0.00%) |
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Accordingly, at least a majority of votes cast on the ratification of auditors were in favor of the proposal and the appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 was ratified.
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.
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Dated: May 21, 2015 |
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PRIMERICA, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Stacey K. Geer |
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Stacey K. Geer
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Executive Vice President, Chief Governance Officer and Deputy General Counsel |
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