-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, LNCSYxuWM6jGKyN59/r7alBshJ766dMPncI2ZJFMsrp97cXsft1rbosEjZHBX8rY o+ZdciXFPEYUownyVBSJHA== 0001104659-06-028999.txt : 20060428 0001104659-06-028999.hdr.sgml : 20060428 20060428161514 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-06-028999 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060425 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20060428 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060428 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHUBB CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000020171 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 132595722 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08661 FILM NUMBER: 06790319 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 MOUNTAIN VIEW RD P O BOX 1615 CITY: WARREN STATE: NJ ZIP: 07061 BUSINESS PHONE: 9089032000 8-K 1 a06-10748_18k.htm CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

 

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)    April 25, 2006

 

THE CHUBB CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New Jersey

 

1-8661

 

13-2595722

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

15 Mountain View Road, P.O. Box 1615, Warren, New Jersey

 

07061-1615

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code     (908) 903-2000

 

Not Applicable

(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:

 

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

 

o 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))

 

 


 

Item 8.01.                                          Other Events.

 

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of The Chubb Corporation (Corporation) was held on April 25, 2006. Matters submitted to shareholders at the meeting and the voting results thereof were as follows:

 

Election of Directors. The shareholders of the Corporation elected each of the director nominees proposed by the Corporation’s Board of Directors to serve until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. The following is a breakdown of the voting results:

 

DIRECTOR

 

VOTES FOR

 

VOTES WITHHELD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zoë Baird

 

180,435,744

 

2,534,113

 

Sheila P. Burke

 

169,362,152

 

13,607,705

 

James I. Cash, Jr.

 

181,457,141

 

1,512,716

 

Joel J. Cohen

 

179,044,984

 

3,924,873

 

James M. Cornelius

 

174,922,010

 

8,047,847

 

John D. Finnegan

 

179,762,791

 

3,206,066

 

Klaus J. Mangold

 

180,733,078

 

2,236,779

 

Sir David G. Scholey, CBE

 

179,844,155

 

3,125,702

 

Raymond G.H. Seitz

 

179,377,019

 

3,592,838

 

Lawrence M. Small

 

167,487,383

 

15,482,474

 

Daniel E. Somers

 

180,973,009

 

1,996,848

 

Karen Hastie Williams

 

172,956,206

 

10,013,651

 

Alfred W. Zollar

 

180,913,057

 

2,056,800

 

 

Adoption of The Chubb Corporation Annual Incentive Compensation Plan (2006). The shareholders of the Corporation approved the adoption of The Chubb Corporation Annual Incentive Compensation Plan (2006). The following is a breakdown of the voting results:

 

VOTES FOR

 

VOTES AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

NON VOTES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

176,661,943

 

5,127,873

 

1,180,041

 

0

 

 

Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Auditor. The shareholders of the Corporation ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Corporation’s independent auditor. The following is a breakdown of the voting results:

 

VOTES FOR

 

VOTES AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

NON VOTES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

178,968,031

 

3,006,975

 

994,851

 

0

 

 

Implementation of Majority Voting Standard in the Election of Directors. The shareholders approved a proposal requesting that the Board of Directors initiate the appropriate process to amend the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation to provide that director nominees be elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast. The following is a breakdown of the voting results:

 

VOTES FOR

 

VOTES AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

NON VOTES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

81,432,776

 

75,647,482

 

3,882,491

 

22,007,108

 

 

2


 

Increased Disclosure of Political Contributions. The shareholders of the Corporation rejected a proposal requiring increased disclosure of the Corporation’s political contributions beyond that which is required by applicable law or otherwise already voluntarily disclosed by the Corporation. The following is a breakdown of the voting results:

 

VOTES FOR

 

VOTES AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

NON VOTES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,608,042

 

127,858,904

 

16,495,803

 

22,007,108

 

 

3


 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

THE CHUBB CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Date: April 28, 2006

By:

/s/ W. Andrew Macan

 

 

Name:

W. Andrew Macan

 

Title:

Vice President and

 

 

Secretary

 

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