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 11, 2014

 

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 11, 2014, Hilltop Holdings Inc., or the Company, held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in Dallas, Texas.  At the 2014 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, 2014.  The voting results at the 2014 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 2015 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

Name

 

For

 

Against

 

Withheld

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charlotte Jones Anderson

 

64,297,419

 

 

1,974,405

 

13,643,345

 

Rhodes R. Bobbitt

 

65,945,540

 

 

326,284

 

13,643,345

 

Tracy A. Bolt

 

65,945,094

 

 

326,730

 

13,643,345

 

W. Joris Brinkerhoff

 

65,944,755

 

 

327,069

 

13,643,345

 

Charles R. Cummings

 

65,946,340

 

 

325,484

 

13,643,345

 

Hill A. Feinberg

 

64,503,799

 

 

1,768,025

 

13,643,345

 

Gerald J. Ford

 

63,657,424

 

 

2,614,400

 

13,643,345

 

Jeremy B. Ford

 

65,656,166

 

 

615,658

 

13,643,345

 

J. Markham Green

 

65,947,140

 

 

324,684

 

13,643,345

 

Jess T. Hay

 

65,273,945

 

 

997,879

 

13,643,345

 

William T. Hill, Jr.

 

64,299,220

 

 

1,972,604

 

13,643,345

 

James R. Huffines

 

64,521,476

 

 

1,750,348

 

13,643,345

 

Lee Lewis

 

62,261,648

 

 

4,010,176

 

13,643,345

 

Andrew J. Littlefair

 

64,980,184

 

 

1,291,640

 

13,643,345

 

W. Robert Nichols, III

 

64,476,243

 

 

1,795,581

 

13,643,345

 

C. Clifton Robinson

 

64,542,117

 

 

1,729,707

 

13,643,345

 

Kenneth D. Russell

 

61,591,453

 

 

4,680,371

 

13,643,345

 

A. Haag Sherman

 

65,893,271

 

 

378,553

 

13,643,345

 

Robert C. Taylor, Jr.

 

64,359,784

 

 

1,912,040

 

13,643,345

 

Carl B. Webb

 

64,544,518

 

 

1,727,306

 

13,643,345

 

Alan B. White

 

64,521,835

 

 

1,749,989

 

13,643,345

 

 

Proposal No. 2:          The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the 2013 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

63,833,219

 

1,975,434

 

463,171

 

13,643,345

 

 

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, 2014.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

79,421,029

 

396,034

 

98,106

 

 

 

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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 13, 2014

 

By:

/s/ COREY PRESTIDGE

 

 

 

Name:

Corey G. Prestidge

 

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President,

 

 

 

 

General Counsel & Secretary

 

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