0000922621-13-000005.txt : 20130418 0000922621-13-000005.hdr.sgml : 20130418 20130418163214 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000922621-13-000005 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130417 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20130418 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130418 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ERIE INDEMNITY CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000922621 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INSURANCE AGENTS BROKERS & SERVICES [6411] IRS NUMBER: 250466020 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24000 FILM NUMBER: 13769528 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 ERIE INSURANCE PL CITY: ERIE STATE: PA ZIP: 16530 BUSINESS PHONE: 8148702000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 ERIE INSURANCE PLACE CITY: ERIE STATE: PA ZIP: 16530 8-K 1 erie8-k04172013.htm 8-K ERIE 8-K 04.17.2013

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 17, 2013


 
ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY
 
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

 
 
 
 
 
Pennsylvania
 
0-24000
 
25-0466020
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)
  
 
 
 
 
100 Erie Insurance Place, Erie, Pennsylvania
 
 
 
16530
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
 
(814)870-2000

 
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:

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

(a) The 88th Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Erie Indemnity Company (the “Company”) was held on April 17, 2013. On the record date for the Annual Meeting, the Company had 2,542 shares of Class B common stock outstanding which had the exclusive right to vote on all matters presented for consideration at the meeting.
(b) At the Annual Meeting, shareholders of the Company re-elected all 13 incumbent directors to serve on the Company's Board of Directors for a one-year term. The names of the elected directors and voting results appear below.

 
 
For
 
Withheld
 
Abstained
 
Broker Non-Votes
J. Ralph Borneman, Jr.
 
2,542
 
0
 
0
 
0
Terrence W. Cavanaugh
 
2,542
 
0
 
0
 
0
Jonathan Hirt Hagen
 
2,542
 
0
 
0
 
0
Susan Hirt Hagen
 
2,542
 
0
 
0
 
0
Thomas B. Hagen
 
2,542
 
0
 
0
 
0
C. Scott Hartz
 
2,542
 
0
 
0
 
0
Claude C. Lilly, III
 
2,542
 
0
 
0
 
0
Lucian L. Morrison
 
2,542
 
0
 
0
 
0
Thomas W. Palmer
 
2,542
 
0
 
0
 
0
Martin P. Sheffield
 
2,542
 
0
 
0
 
0
Richard L. Stover
 
2,542
 
0
 
0
 
0
Elizabeth Hirt Vorsheck
 
2,542
 
0
 
0
 
0
Robert C. Wilburn
 
2,542
 
0
 
0
 
0

At the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders also approved the adoption of a new Equity Compensation Plan. All 2,542 shares of Class B common stock outstanding voted “for” the adoption of the Equity Compensation Plan. No votes were withheld and there were no abstentions or broker non-votes.



Item 8.01 Other Events.

At its meeting on April 17, 2013, the Board of Directors of Erie Indemnity Company approved the following dividend on shares of Erie Indemnity Company Class A common stock:

Class A Rate Per Share: $0.5925
Dividend Number: 331
Declaration Date: April 17, 2013
Ex-Dividend Date: July 2, 2013
Record Date: July 5, 2013
Payable Date: July 19, 2013




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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Erie Indemnity Company
  
 
 
 
 
April 18, 2013
 
By:
 
/s/ James J. Tanous

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Name: James J. Tanous
 
 
 
 
Title: Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel