PRI_2014 Annual Meeting Results 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

DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): May 21, 2014
PRIMERICA, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Delaware
001-34680
27-1204330
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
1 Primerica Parkway
Duluth, Georgia 30099
 
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
 
 
 
 
(770) 381-1000
 
 
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
 
 
 
Not applicable.
(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.
The Company held its 2014 annual stockholders' meeting on May 21, 2014. There were 54,621,108 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to be voted, and 50,035,386 of those shares (91.60% of the outstanding shares) were represented in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting. The following is a summary of the proposals that were submitted to the stockholders for approval and a tabulation of votes with respect to each proposal:
Proposal 1 — Election of Ten Directors
The results of the voting on the election of directors are set forth below. There were 6,486,089 broker non-votes (11.87% of the outstanding shares) for each director on this proposal.
Nominee
Votes For
Votes Withheld
 
(% of voted shares)
(% of voted shares)
John A. Addison, Jr.
43,450,119 (99.77%)
99,178 (0.23%)
Joel M. Babbit
43,367,304 (99.58%)
181,993 (0.42%)
P. George Benson
43,366,486 (99.58%)
182,811 (0.42%)
Gary L. Crittenden
42,962,895 (98.65%)
586,402 (1.35%)
Cynthia N. Day
42,831,469 (98.35%)
717,828 (1.65%)
Mark Mason
43,371,399 (99.59%)
177,898 (0.41%)
Robert F. McCullough
43,535,489 (99.97%)
13,808 (0.03%)
Beatriz R. Perez
43,535,045 (99.97%)
14,252 (0.03%)
D. Richard Williams
42,790,498 (98.26%)
758,799 (1.74%)
Barbara A. Yastine
43,533,078 (99.96%)
16,219 (0.04%)
Accordingly, each of the ten nominees received a plurality of the votes cast in favor of that director's election and was elected.
Proposal 2 — Non-Binding Approval of Named Executive Officer Compensation (Say-on-Pay)
The results of the voting on the Say-on-Pay proposal are set forth below. There were 6,486,089 broker non-votes (11.87% of the outstanding shares) on this proposal.
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
(% of voted shares)
(% of voted shares)
(% of outstanding shares)
43,317,062 (99.46%)
210,459 (0.48%)
21,776 (0.05%)
Proposal 3 — Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP as Our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
(% of voted shares)
(% of voted shares)
(% of outstanding shares)
 
49,840,672 (99.61%)
186,200 (0.37%)
8,514 (0.01%)
n/a
Accordingly, at least a majority of votes cast on the ratification of auditors were in favor of the proposal and the appointment of KPMG as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 was ratified.


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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.
Dated: May 21, 2014
 
 
PRIMERICA, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Peter W. Schneider
 
 
 
Peter W. Schneider
 
 
 
 
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
 
 
 
 


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