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 15, 2017

 

Hilltop Holdings Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland

 

1-31987

 

84-1477939

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification
No.)

 

200 Crescent Court, Suite 1330

 

 

Dallas, Texas

 

75201

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (214) 855-2177

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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 Instruction A.2. below):

 

o                         Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Emerging growth company o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

 

 

 



 

Section 5 — Corporate Governance and Management

 

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

 

On June 15, 2017, Hilltop Holdings Inc., or the Company, held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in Dallas, Texas.  At the 2017 Annual Meeting, stockholders were asked to vote on six proposals:  the election of the twenty-one director nominees named in the proxy statement; an advisory vote to approve executive compensation; an advisory vote on the frequency of stockholder advisory votes to approve executive compensation, the re-approval of the Company’s 2012 Annual Incentive Plan performance goals; the re-approval of the Company’s 2012 Equity Incentive Plan performance goals; and the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.  The voting results at the 2017 Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

Proposal No. 1 :           The stockholders elected the following twenty-one director nominees to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

Name

 

For

 

Against

 

Withheld

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charlotte Jones Anderson

 

56,048,269

 

 

17,465,434

 

7,873,989

 

Rhodes R. Bobbitt

 

64,117,646

 

 

9,396,057

 

7,873,989

 

Tracy A. Bolt

 

72,926,578

 

 

587,125

 

7,873,989

 

W. Joris Brinkerhoff

 

64,138,216

 

 

9,375,487

 

7,873,989

 

J. Taylor Crandall

 

65,730,198

 

 

 

7,783,505

 

7,873,989

 

Charles R. Cummings

 

71,157,070

 

 

2,356,633

 

7,873,989

 

Hill A. Feinberg

 

70,411,119

 

 

3,102,584

 

7,873,989

 

Gerald J. Ford

 

64,451,181

 

 

9,062,522

 

7,873,989

 

Jeremy B. Ford

 

72,426,230

 

 

1,087,473

 

7,873,989

 

J. Markham Green

 

71,139,044

 

 

2,374,659

 

7,873,989

 

William T. Hill, Jr.

 

54,664,014

 

 

18,849,689

 

7,873,989

 

James R. Huffines

 

69,726,457

 

 

3,787,246

 

7,873,989

 

Lee Lewis

 

66,841,739

 

 

6,671,964

 

7,873,989

 

Andrew J. Littlefair

 

64,138,435

 

 

9,375,268

 

7,873,989

 

W. Robert Nichols, III

 

59,951,877

 

 

13,561,826

 

7,873,989

 

C. Clifton Robinson

 

69,923,094

 

 

3,590,609

 

7,873,989

 

Kenneth D. Russell

 

66,458,174

 

 

7,055,529

 

7,873,989

 

A. Haag Sherman

 

64,138,259

 

 

9,375,444

 

7,873,989

 

Robert C. Taylor, Jr.

 

62,686,489

 

 

10,827,214

 

7,873,989

 

Carl B. Webb

 

69,917,949

 

 

3,595,754

 

7,873,989

 

Alan B. White

 

72,409,700

 

 

1,104,003

 

7,873,989

 

 

Proposal No. 2 :           The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the 2016 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

52,307,786

 

21,120,270

 

85,647

 

7,873,989

 

Proposal No. 3 :           The stockholders preferred frequency of stockholder advisory votes to approve executive compensation was every year.

 

1 Year

 

2 Years

 

3 Years

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

62,914,162

 

75,534

 

9,952,241

 

571,766

 

7,873,989

 

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The Company’s Board of Directors recommended annual advisory voting to approve executive compensation. Taking into account the preferences of the Company’s stockholders, as indicated by the foregoing vote, the Company will hold advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers annually until the next required (non-binding) vote on the frequency of stockholder advisory “say-on-pay” votes.

 

Proposal No. 4 :           The stockholders reapproved the Company’s 2012 Annual Incentive Plan performance goals.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71,222,025

 

2,193,122

 

98,556

 

7,873,989

 

Proposal No. 5 :           The stockholders reapproved the Company’s 2012 Equity Incentive Plan performance goals.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71,463,791

 

1,977,002

 

72,910

 

7,873,989

 

Proposal No. 6 :           The stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

79,247,519

 

2,111,118

 

29,055

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

Hilltop Holdings Inc.,

 

 

a Maryland corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  June 16, 2017

By:

/s/ COREY PRESTIDGE

 

 

Name:

Corey G. Prestidge

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President,

 

 

 

General Counsel & Secretary

 

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