0001502292-18-000030.txt : 20180521 0001502292-18-000030.hdr.sgml : 20180521 20180521101740 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001502292-18-000030 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180516 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20180521 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180521 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Conifer Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001502292 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 271298795 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-37536 FILM NUMBER: 18848603 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 WEST MERRILL STREET STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: BIRMINGHAM STATE: MI ZIP: 48009 BUSINESS PHONE: (248) 559-0840 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 WEST MERRILL STREET STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: BIRMINGHAM STATE: MI ZIP: 48009 8-K 1 a20188-kannualmeetingresul.htm 8-K Document


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 21, 2018 (May 16, 2018)
 
Conifer Holdings Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
Michigan
 
001-37536
 
27-1298795
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 
550 West Merrill Street, Suite 200
Birmingham, MI 48009
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (248) 559-0840

________________________________________________
(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
Conifer Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") on May 16, 2018. Matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting were: (i) election of two members of the Board of Directors for terms expiring in 2021; and (ii) ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2018. For more information about the aforementioned proposals, see Conifer's Proxy Statement dated April 4, 2018. As of the March 19, 2018 record date, there were 8,520,328 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. At the Annual Meeting, 7,843,447 shares, or 92.05%, of the common stock were represented in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The certified results of the matters voted on at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

Proposal No. 1 - Election of James Petcoff and Jorge Morales as directors each for a three-year term expiring in 2021.
Director Name
 
For
 
Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
James Petcoff
 
6,446,856

92.7
%
 
507,761

7.3
%
 
888,830

-
Jorge Morales
 
6,446,652

92.7
%
 
507,965

7.3
%
 
888,830

-

Proposal No. 2 - Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018.
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
7,813,490

99.8
%
 
16,387

0.2
%
 
13,570

-






SIGNATURE
 
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.
 
Date: May 21, 2018
Conifer Holdings Inc.
 
By:  
/s/ BRIAN J. RONEY
Brian J. Roney
President