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): July 25, 2018

 

Hilltop Holdings Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

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):

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

 

 

 

Section 5 — Corporate Governance and Management

 

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

 

On July 25, 2018, Hilltop Holdings Inc., or the Company, held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in Dallas, Texas.  At the 2018 Annual Meeting, stockholders were asked to vote on three proposals:  the election of the twenty 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, 2018.  The voting results at the 2018 Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

Proposal No. 1:          The stockholders elected the following twenty director nominees to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

Name		For		Against		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Charlotte Jones Anderson		52,835,283		—		24,324,920		7,671,105
Rhodes R. Bobbitt		73,729,402		—		3,430,801		7,671,105
Tracy A. Bolt		76,693,881		—		466,322		7,671,105
W. Joris Brinkerhoff		33,314,913		—		43,845,290		7,671,105
J. Taylor Crandall		61,011,308				16,148,895		7,671,105
Charles R. Cummings		76,114,916		—		1,045,287		7,671,105
Hill A. Feinberg		75,150,086		—		2,010,117		7,671,105
Gerald J. Ford		69,852,641		—		7,307,562		7,671,105
Jeremy B. Ford		75,268,733		—		1,891,470		7,671,105
J. Markham Green		76,067,407		—		1,092,796		7,671,105
William T. Hill, Jr.		60,432,917		—		16,727,286		7,671,105
Lee Lewis		75,235,865		—		1,924,338		7,671,105
Andrew J. Littlefair		74,221,914		—		2,938,289		7,671,105
W. Robert Nichols, III		56,531,005		—		20,629,198		7,671,105
C. Clifton Robinson		75,325,813		—		1,834,390		7,671,105
Kenneth D. Russell		71,845,500		—		5,314,703		7,671,105
A. Haag Sherman		74,146,318		—		3,013,885		7,671,105
Robert C. Taylor, Jr.		60,815,073		—		16,345,130		7,671,105
Carl B. Webb		75,327,117		—		1,833,086		7,671,105
Alan B. White		75,302,343		—		1,857,860		7,671,105

 

Proposal No. 2:          The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the 2017 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
56,764,765		20,295,731		99,707		7,671,105

 

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, 2018.

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
83,900,407		923,341		7,560		—

 

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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:      July 30, 2018	By:	/s/ COREY PRESTIDGE
		Name:	Corey G. Prestidge
		Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 

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