0001104659-12-030053.txt : 20120427 0001104659-12-030053.hdr.sgml : 20120427 20120427172124 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-12-030053 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120425 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20120427 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120427 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RYLAND GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000085974 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: OPERATIVE BUILDERS [1531] IRS NUMBER: 520849948 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08029 FILM NUMBER: 12791089 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3011 TOWNSGATE ROAD STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: WESTLAKE VILLAGE STATE: CA ZIP: 91361-3027 BUSINESS PHONE: (805) 367-3800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3011 TOWNSGATE ROAD STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: WESTLAKE VILLAGE STATE: CA ZIP: 91361-3027 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RYAN JAMES P CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19720414 8-K 1 a12-10705_18k.htm 8-K

 

UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

April 25, 2012

Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

THE RYLAND GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Maryland

 

001-08029

 

52-0849948

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification
No.)

 

3011 Townsgate Road, Suite 200, Westlake Village, California 91361-3027

 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                                                                                                         (ZIP Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (805) 367-3800

 

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:

 

[ ] Written communication 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))

 


 

Item 5.07                                       Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

On April 25, 2012, The Ryland Group, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  Proxies representing 41,268,619 shares of common stock eligible to vote at the meeting, or 92.9 percent of the 44,434,020 outstanding shares, were voted.  The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of security holders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

 

Proposal 1: To elect seven Directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and shall qualify:

 

Nominee

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

William L. Jews

 

31,327,923

 

7,737,055

 

2,203,641

 

Ned Mansour

 

37,545,873

 

1,519,105

 

2,203,641

 

Robert E. Mellor

 

31,329,796

 

7,735,182

 

2,203,641

 

Norman J. Metcalfe

 

38,241,709

 

823,269

 

2,203,641

 

Larry T. Nicholson

 

38,495,743

 

569,235

 

2,203,641

 

Charlotte St. Martin

 

31,329,792

 

7,735,186

 

2,203,641

 

Robert G. van Schoonenberg

 

38,141,845

 

923,133

 

2,203,641

 

 

 

 

Proposal 2: Advisory vote on the compensation program for the Company’s named executive officers:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

15,859,452

 

22,928,060

 

277,466

 

2,203,641

 

 

 

 

Proposal 3: Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

41,068,157

 

197,750

 

2,712

 

-

 

 


 

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.

 

 

 

THE RYLAND GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: April 25, 2012

 

By:

/s/ Timothy J. Geckle

 

 

 

 

Timothy J. Geckle

 

 

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

 

 

 

and Secretary