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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):      May 13, 2014

 

 

FIRST ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-12117   75-1328153

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

3813 Green Hills Village Drive

Nashville, Tennessee

  37215
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:              (615) 844-2800

 

 

 

(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):

 

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

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

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

On May 13, 2014, the Company held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in Nashville, Tennessee. At the 2014 Annual Meeting, stockholders were asked to vote on three proposals: the election of the nine director nominees named in the proxy statement; an advisory vote on executive compensation; and the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014. The voting results at the 2014 Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

Proposal No. 1:

   The following nine director nominees were elected to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

Name

   For      Against      Withheld      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Rhodes R. Bobbitt

     34,116,898         —           372,091         4,756,397   

Harvey B. Cash

     33,999,683         —           489,306         4,756,397   

Donald J. Edwards

     34,107,034         —           381,955         4,756,397   

Jeremy B. Ford

     34,108,071         —           380,918         4,756,397   

Mark A. Kelly

     34,140,130         —           348,859         4,756,397   

Tom C. Nichols

     34,000,207         —           488,782         4,756,397   

Lyndon L. Olson, Jr.

     33,998,908         —           490,081         4,756,397   

Kenneth D. Russell

     34,015,201         —           473,788         4,756,397   

William A. Shipp, Jr.

     33,998,951         —           490,038         4,756,397   

 

Proposal No. 2:

   The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-Votes

32,499,038

  1,969,318   20,633   4,756,397

 

Proposal No. 3:

   The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014 was ratified.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-Votes

39,217,319

  25,789   2,278   —  

 

 

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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.

 

   

First Acceptance Corporation,

a Delaware corporation

Date: May 15, 2014     By:   /s/ BRENT GAY
    Name:   Brent Gay
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

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