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 12, 2014 (May 8, 2014)
CRAWFORD & COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Georgia
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
| 1-10356 | 58-0506554 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
| 1001 Summit Blvd., Atlanta, Georgia | 30319 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
(404) 300-1000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
N/A
(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.
Crawford & Company (the “Company”) held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on Thursday, May 8, 2014. The total number of shares of the Company’s Class B common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 24,690,172, and each share was entitled to one vote for each director nominee, and one vote on each of the other matters to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting. The number of shares represented at the Annual Meeting by valid proxies or ballots was 22,392,426 shares, which was 90.69% of the shares of stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The final voting results for the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:
| 1. | Election of Directors. All of the nominees for director were elected to serve until the next annual meeting and until their successors are elected and qualified. The results of the election were as follows: |
| Nominee |
For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Harsha V. Agadi |
20,689,005 | 143,624 | 1,559,797 | |||||||||
| P. George Benson |
20,735,805 | 96,824 | 1,559,797 | |||||||||
| Jeffrey T. Bowman |
20,748,806 | 83,823 | 1,559,797 | |||||||||
| Jesse C. Crawford |
18,690,446 | 2,142,183 | 1,559,797 | |||||||||
| Roger A. S. Day |
20,748,479 | 84,150 | 1,559,797 | |||||||||
| James D. Edwards |
20,695,810 | 136,819 | 1,559,797 | |||||||||
| Russel L. Honoré |
20,766,366 | 66,263 | 1,559,797 | |||||||||
| Joia M. Johnson |
20,743,429 | 89,200 | 1,559,797 | |||||||||
| Charles H. Ogburn |
20,696,251 | 136,378 | 1,559,797 | |||||||||
| 2. | Amendment to the Crawford & Company Executive Stock Bonus Plan. The shareholders approved the proposal to increase the shares available under the Crawford & Company Executive Stock Bonus Plan, as amended, by 4,000,000 shares of Class A common stock. The results of the vote were as follows: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 14,305,317 | 6,495,080 | 32,232 | 1,559,797 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Ratification of Independent Auditor. The shareholders ratified the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors’ selection of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor for the Company for the 2014 fiscal year. The vote on the ratification was as follows: |
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||||
| 22,292,992 | 86,618 | 12,816 | ||||||||
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| CRAWFORD & COMPANY (Registrant) | ||
| By: | /s/ Allen W. Nelson | |
| Allen W. Nelson Executive Vice President – General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | ||
Dated: May 12, 2014
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