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 18, 2011
ACE LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Switzerland | 1-11778 | 98-0091805 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Baerengasse 32
CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +41 (0)43 456 76 00
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
| ¨ | Written communications 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 |
The company convened its annual general meeting of shareholders on May 18, 2011 pursuant to notice duly given. The matters voted upon at the meeting and the results of such voting are set forth below:
| 1.1 | Election of Evan G. Greenberg |
| Shares Voted For |
Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 264,977,811 | 5,605,036 | 127,155 | 7,930,678 |
| 1.2 | Election of Leo F. Mullin |
| Shares Voted For |
Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 270,242,038 | 398,059 | 69,905 | 7,930,678 |
| 1.3 | Election of Olivier Steimer |
| Shares Voted For |
Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 270,185,620 | 405,105 | 119,277 | 7,930,678 |
| 1.4 | Election of Michael P. Connors |
| Shares Voted For |
Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 268,779,976 | 1,837,956 | 92,070 | 7,930,678 |
| 1.5 | Election of Eugene B. Shanks, Jr. |
| Shares Voted For |
Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 267,453,000 | 3,183,865 | 73,137 | 7,930,678 |
| 1.6 | Election of John A. Krol |
| Shares Voted For |
Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 266,635,230 | 4,003,090 | 71,682 | 7,930,678 |
| 2.1 | Approval of the annual report |
| Shares Voted For |
Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 269,353,547 | 65,511 | 1,290,944 | 7,930,678 |
| 2.2 | Approval of the statutory financial statements of ACE Limited |
| Shares Voted For |
Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 269,297,771 | 87,601 | 1,324,630 | 7,930,678 |
| 2.3 | Approval of the consolidated financial statements |
| Shares Voted For |
Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 269,312,656 | 71,283 | 1,326,063 | 7,930,678 |
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| 3. | Allocation of disposable profit |
| Shares Voted For | Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 270,375,610 | 79,414 | 254,978 | 7,930,678 |
| 4. | Discharge of the Board of Directors |
| Shares Voted For | Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 268,293,283 | 675,238 | 1,741,481 | 7,930,678 |
| 5.1 | Election of PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (Zurich) as the company’s statutory auditor until the company’s next annual ordinary general meeting |
| Shares Voted For | Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 277,880,984 | 697,622 | 62,074 | 0 |
| 5.2 | Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (United States) for purposes of United States securities law reporting for the year ending December 31, 2011 |
| Shares Voted For | Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 276,264,428 | 2,305,953 | 70,299 | 0 |
| 5.3 | Election of BDO AG (Zurich) as special auditing firm until the company’s next annual ordinary general meeting |
| Shares Voted For | Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 278,323,264 | 219,792 | 97,624 | 0 |
| 6. | Approval of dividends from legal reserves |
| Shares Voted For |
Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 278,352,920 | 170,968 | 116,792 | 0 |
| 7. | Advisory vote on executive compensation |
| Shares Voted For |
Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 209,108,872 | 60,801,067 | 800,063 | 7,930,678 |
| 8. | Advisory vote on the frequency of submission of advisory vote on executive compensation to shareholders |
| One Year |
Two Years | Three Years | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| 202,842,090 | 1,124,281 | 59,796,310 | 6,947,321 | 7,930,678 |
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
| ACE LIMITED | ||
| By: | /s/ Robert F. Cusumano | |
| Robert F. Cusumano | ||
| General Counsel | ||
DATE: May 20, 2011