Current Report

 

 

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 7, 2014 (May 1, 2014)

 

 

STATE AUTO FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ohio   000-19289   31-1324304

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

518 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio   43215-3976
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (614) 464-5000

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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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

 

¨ 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 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Item 5.02(f)

State Auto Financial Corporation (the “ Company ”) has a Long-Term Incentive Plan under which grants of cash-based performance award units (“ PAUs ”) are made to its Named Executive Officers (“ NEOs ”) and other members of the Leadership Team. The value of a PAU is dependent upon the State Auto Group’s relative performance to a peer group of other property and casualty insurers (the “ LTIP Peer Group ”) during a three-year performance period. The value of the PAU awards to the NEOs for the three-year performance period ended December 31, 2013 (the “ 2011-2013 performance period ” ), was omitted from the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement dated April 1, 2014 (the “ 2014 Proxy Statement ”) because, as of that date, the final LTIP Peer Group data for the 2011-2013 performance period was not available to the Company.

On May 1, 2014, the Company’s Compensation Committee approved PAU awards for the 2011-2013 performance period for the NEOs identified in the 2014 Proxy Statement. Set forth below are the non-equity incentive compensation and total compensation for each NEO reported in the Summary Compensation Table on Page 46 of the 2014 Proxy Statement, as recalculated to include the value of the PAU awards for the 2011-2013 performance period.

 

Named Executive Officer

    Year      Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)(1)		      Total ($)  

Robert P. Restrepo, Jr.

      2013         601,633         2,762,575   

Steven E. English

      2013         346,845         1,058,681   

Jessica E. Buss

      2013         454,209         994,511   

Clyde H. Fitch

      2013         269,629         870,028   

James A. Yano

      2013         204,610         780,773   

 

(1) For the total 2013 non-equity incentive plan compensation, the dollar amounts shown in this column reflect the aggregate amount of the following awards earned in 2013 by each NEO under the Long-Term Incentive Plan, the Company performance component of the LBP and the individual performance component of the LBP.

 

Named Executive Officer

    Long-Term
Incentive Plan
PAU
Award ($)		      LBP
Company
Performance
Award ($)		      LBP
Individual
Performance
Award ($)		      Total
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
Awards ($)		  

Robert P. Restrepo, Jr.

      179,816         277,205         144,612         601,633   

Steven E. English

      65,550         141,682         139,613         346,845   

Jessica E. Buss

      182,042         203,912         68,255         454,209   

Clyde H. Fitch

      48,289         126,512         94,828         269,629   

James A. Yano

      34,960         83,025         86,625         204,610   

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

(a) The Company’s annual meeting of shareholders (the “ 2014 Annual Meeting ” ) was held on May 2, 2014.

 

(b) The following is a brief description and vote count on all items voted on at the 2014 Annual Meeting:

Proposal One – Election of Directors.

The following persons were elected to serve as Class II directors to hold office until the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders and until a successor is elected and qualified, with each director nominee receiving the votes as indicated below:

 

Nominee

    Shares
Voted “For”		      Shares Voted
“Withheld”		      Broker
Non-votes		  

David J. D’Antoni

      36,864,459         648,430         2,295,456   

David R. Meuse

      37,378,256         134,633         2,295,456   

S. Elaine Roberts

      36,883,507         629,382         2,295,456   

Proposal Two – Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014.

This Proposal was approved with the following vote:

 

Shares

Voted “For”

   

Shares

Voted “Against”

   

Abstentions

   

Broker

Non-votes

39,126,391

    649,894    32,060    —  

Proposal Three – Advisory vote on compensation paid to named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy materials.

This Proposal was approved with the following vote:

 

Shares

Voted “For”

   

Shares

Voted “Against”

   

Abstentions

   

Broker

Non-votes

37,240,944

    208,915    63,030    2 ,295,456

 

(c) Not applicable.

 

Section 8. Other Events

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

At the Company’s Board of Directors meeting held on May 2, 2014, Paul S. Williams was re-elected as the Lead Director of the Board.

At the same Board meeting, the following directors were appointed or re-appointed to the following Board committees:

 

  •   Audit Committee: Chairperson Eileen A. Mallesch, Robert E. Baker, David R. Meuse and Paul S. Williams

 

  •   Compensation Committee: Chairperson Robert E. Baker, David J. D’Antoni, Alexander B. Trevor and Paul S. Williams

 

  •   Nominating and Governance Committee: Chairperson S. Elaine Roberts, David J. D’Antoni, Eileen A. Mallesch and Thomas E. Markert

 

  •   Investment and Finance Committee: Chairperson David R. Meuse, Thomas E. Markert, Robert P. Restrepo, Jr., S. Elaine Roberts and Alexander B. Trevor

 

  •   Independent Committee: Chairperson Alexander B. Trevor, Robert E. Baker, David J. D’Antoni and Paul S. Williams

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.

 

    STATE AUTO FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Date: May 7, 2014     By  

/s/ James A. Yano

      Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel