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):  June 17, 2011 (June 14, 2011)

 

INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-32722

 

95-2848406

(State or Other

 

(Commission File

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Jurisdiction of

 

Number)

 

Identification No.)

Incorporation)

 

 

 

 

 

380 Madison Avenue

 

 

New York, New York

 

10017

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (212) 588-4000

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications 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)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            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 annual meeting of stockholders of Investment Technology Group, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 14, 2011.  The stockholders elected all of the Company’s nominees for director, ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year 2011, approved the advisory vote on executive compensation and approved holding future advisory votes on executive compensation every year.  Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders.

 

(a)          Election of Directors:

 

Name of Director

 

Shares For

 

Shares Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

J. William Burdett

 

32,346,677

 

2,024,059

 

3,263,111

 

Minder Cheng

 

33,999,778

 

370,958

 

3,263,111

 

Christopher V. Dodds

 

33,901,557

 

469,179

 

3,263,111

 

Robert C. Gasser

 

33,876,692

 

494,044

 

3,263,111

 

Timothy L. Jones

 

34,012,717

 

358,019

 

3,263,111

 

Kevin J.P. O’Hara

 

32,265,407

 

2,105,329

 

3,263,111

 

Maureen O’Hara

 

28,849,888

 

5,520,848

 

3,263,111

 

Steven S. Wood

 

32,428,678

 

1,942,058

 

3,263,111

 

 

(b)         Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent auditors for the 2011 fiscal year:

 

Shares For

 

Shares Against

 

Shares Abstain

 

37,408,714

 

171,969

 

53,164

 

 

(c)          Advisory vote on executive compensation:

 

Shares For

 

Shares Against

 

Shares Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

26,746,180

 

7,528,306

 

96,250

 

3,263,111

 

 

(d)         Advisory vote on the frequency of an advisory vote on executive compensation:

 

1 year

 

2 years

 

3 years

 

Shares Abstain

 

Broker Non-
Votes

 

30,120,698

 

31,540

 

4,127,221

 

91,277

 

3,263,111

 

 

A majority of the votes cast by stockholders voted, on an advisory basis, to hold an advisory vote to approve executive compensation every year. In line with this recommendation by our

 

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stockholders, the Board of Directors of the Company has decided that it will include an advisory stockholder vote on executive compensation in its proxy materials every year until the next advisory vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on executive compensation, which is required to occur no later than our Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2017.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

 

INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ P. Mats Goebels

 

 

 

P. Mats Goebels

 

 

 

Managing Director, General Counsel and Duly Authorized Signatory of Registrant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: June 17, 2011

 

 

 

 

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