8-K 1 d927715d8k.htm FORM 8-K 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 14, 2015

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 2015 annual meeting of stockholders of Genworth Financial, Inc. (“Genworth”), held on May 14, 2015, the holders of Genworth’s Class A Common Stock entitled to vote at the meeting (1) elected all ten 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 2015. The stockholders did not approve a stockholder proposal regarding the preparation of an annual sustainability report.

The final voting results were as follows:

Proposal 1

Election of directors

 

     Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes
 

William H. Bolinder

     354,353,905         8,014,445         1,029,954         61,372,285   

G. Kent Conrad

     354,725,531         7,645,659         1,027,114         61,372,285   

Melina E. Higgins

     355,888,877         6,511,881         997,546         61,372,285   

Nancy J. Karch

     353,054,393         9,312,945         1,030,966         61,372,285   

Thomas J. McInerney

     354,842,839         7,573,151         982,314         61,372,285   

Christine B. Mead

     329,632,607         32,773,275         992,422         61,372,285   

David M. Moffett

     354,898,510         7,504,648         995,146         61,372,285   

Thomas E. Moloney

     329,549,129         32,873,750         975,425         61,372,285   

James A. Parke

     326,871,408         34,750,026         1,776,870         61,372,285   

James S. Riepe

     330,021,058         32,428,479         948,767         61,372,285   

Proposal 2

 

     Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes
 

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

     353,416,002         8,938,278         1,044,024         61,372,285   

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 2015

     416,929,123         6,650,475         1,190,991         N/A   

Proposal 4

 

     Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Stockholder Proposal regarding the preparation of an annual sustainability report

     107,873,561         161,538,346         93,986,397         61,372,285   


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 18, 2015 By:

/s/ Ward E. Bobitz

Ward E. Bobitz
Executive Vice President and
General Counsel