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 12, 2015

 

Hilltop Holdings Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland

 

1-31987

 

84-1477939

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification
No.)

 

200 Crescent Court, Suite 1330
Dallas, Texas

 

75201

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (214) 855-2177

 

 

(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))

 

 

 



 

Section 5 — Corporate Governance and Management

 

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

 

On June 12, 2015, Hilltop Holdings Inc., or the Company, held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in Dallas, Texas.  At the 2015 Annual Meeting, stockholders were asked to vote on three proposals:  the election of the twenty-one director nominees named in the proxy statement; an advisory vote to approve executive compensation; and the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.  The voting results at the 2015 Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

Proposal No. 1:          The stockholders elected the following twenty-one director nominees to serve on the Company’s board of directors until the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

Name

 

For

 

Against

 

Withheld

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charlotte Jones Anderson

 

69,178,011

 

 

2,439,365

 

17,398,339

 

Rhodes R. Bobbitt

 

71,225,151

 

 

392,225

 

17,398,339

 

Tracy A. Bolt

 

71,267,527

 

 

349,849

 

17,398,339

 

W. Joris Brinkerhoff

 

71,227,910

 

 

389,466

 

17,398,339

 

J. Taylor Crandall

 

71,001,560

 

 

 

615,816

 

17,398,339

 

Charles R. Cummings

 

71,223,170

 

 

394,206

 

17,398,339

 

Hill A. Feinberg

 

68,222,458

 

 

3,394,918

 

17,398,339

 

Gerald J. Ford

 

66,734,293

 

 

4,883,083

 

17,398,339

 

Jeremy B. Ford

 

70,493,890

 

 

1,123,486

 

17,398,339

 

J. Markham Green

 

71,108,688

 

 

508,688

 

17,398,339

 

William T. Hill, Jr.

 

69,271,262

 

 

2,346,114

 

17,398,339

 

James R. Huffines

 

68,206,771

 

 

3,410,605

 

17,398,339

 

Lee Lewis

 

66,706,074

 

 

4,911,302

 

17,398,339

 

Andrew J. Littlefair

 

68,926,934

 

 

2,690,442

 

17,398,339

 

W. Robert Nichols, III

 

69,106,881

 

 

2,510,495

 

17,398,339

 

C. Clifton Robinson

 

68,199,840

 

 

3,417,536

 

17,398,339

 

Kenneth D. Russell

 

66,681,884

 

 

4,935,492

 

17,398,339

 

A. Haag Sherman

 

71,173,653

 

 

443,723

 

17,398,339

 

Robert C. Taylor, Jr.

 

69,295,019

 

 

2,322,357

 

17,398,339

 

Carl B. Webb

 

68,203,557

 

 

3,413,819

 

17,398,339

 

Alan B. White

 

68,205,887

 

 

3,411,489

 

17,398,339

 

 

Proposal No. 2:          The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the 2014 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

70,155,361

 

1,311,039

 

150,976

 

17,398,339

 

 

Proposal No. 3:          The stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

88,480,006

 

236,992

 

298,717

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

Hilltop Holdings Inc.,

 

 

a Maryland corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

June 15, 2015

By:

/s/ COREY PRESTIDGE

 

 

Name:

Corey G. Prestidge

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President,

 

 

 

General Counsel & Secretary

 

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