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 5, 2012 (May 30, 2012)

 

 

EXPRESS SCRIPTS HOLDING COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   001-35490   45-2884094

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

One Express Way, St. Louis, MO   63121
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number including area code: 314-996-0900

No change since last report

(Former Name or 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):

 

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

Express Scripts Holding Company (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at the Company’s principal executive offices on Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Of the 804,132,152 shares outstanding and entitled to vote, 677,673,782 shares were represented at the meeting, or an 84.27% quorum. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Proposal 1. Election of Directors. All of management’s nominees for director were elected to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below.

 

NOMINEE

   FOR      AGAINST      ABSTAIN      BROKER
NON-VOTES
 

Gary G. Benanav

     589,421,631         5,011,097         1,476,638         81,764,416   

Maura C. Breen

     592,589,066         1,890,528         1,429,772         81,764,416   

William J. DeLaney

     593,222,147         1,212,370         1,474,849         81,764,416   

Nicholas J. LaHowchic

     588,638,540         5,811,467         1,459,359         81,764,416   

Thomas P. Mac Mahon

     589,484,551         4,971,064         1,453,751         81,764,416   

Frank Mergenthaler

     593,450,051         981,302         1,478,013         81,764,416   

Woodrow A. Myers, Jr. M.D.

     593,561,519         889,731         1,458,116         81,764,416   

John O. Parker, Jr.

     588,595,288         5,847,024         1,467,054         81,764,416   

George Paz

     579,572,744         14,843,608         1,493,014         81,764,416   

Myrtle S. Potter

     593,572,633         907,094         1,429,639         81,764,416   

William L. Roper, M.D., MPH

     593,593,861         864,586         1,450,919         81,764,416   

Samuel K. Skinner

     557,684,000         36,492,444         1,732,922         81,764,416   

Seymour Sternberg

     589,299,174         5,152,306         1,457,886         81,764,416   

Proposal 2. The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for 2012 was ratified by the stockholders, by the votes set forth in the table below.

 

FOR

   AGAINST      ABSTAIN  

669,355,027

     6,816,787         1,501,968   

Proposal 3. The stockholders approved, on a non-binding basis, executive compensation, by the votes set forth in the table below.

 

FOR

   AGAINST      ABSTAIN      BROKER NON-VOTES  

584,010,975

     9,761,101         2,137,290         81,764,416   


Proposal 4. A stockholder proposal requesting a report on political contributions was rejected by the stockholders, by the votes set forth in the table below.

 

FOR

   AGAINST      ABSTAIN      BROKER NON-VOTES  

164,760,302

     356,537,499         74,611,565         81,764,416   

Proposal 5. The stockholders approved, on a non-binding basis a stockholder proposal regarding stockholder action by written consent, by the votes set forth in the table below.

 

FOR

   AGAINST      ABSTAIN      BROKER NON-VOTES  

326,092,058

     265,017,235         4,800,073         81,764,416   

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On June 5, 2012, Ed Ignaczak, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing of Express Scripts Holding Company (the “Company”), adopted a prearranged trading plan under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 for personal financial management purposes. Rule 10b5-1 plans permit insiders to sell fixed portions of their holdings over a designated period of time by establishing the prearranged written plans at a time when they are not aware of material non-public information. Such programs provide for regular selling of a predetermined, fixed number of shares in order to gradually diversify the individual’s investment portfolio, minimize the market effect of share sales by spreading them out over an extended period of time and avoid concerns about initiating transactions while in possession of material non-public information.

Mr. Ignaczak’s plan provides for (i) the potential exercise of previously granted stock options, and (ii) the potential sale of certain shares of the Company’s common stock, including shares to be acquired upon the exercise of the stock options. Except as may be required by law, the Company does not undertake to report stock trading plans by other Company officers or directors, nor to report modifications or termination of any publicly-announced plan, including the plans described herein.


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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

    EXPRESS SCRIPTS HOLDING COMPANY
Date: June 5, 2012   By:   /s/ Keith J. Ebling
    Keith J. Ebling
    Executive Vice President and General Counsel