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

May 17, 2012

Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported)

GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(804) 281-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(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):

At the 2012 annual meeting of stockholders of Genworth Financial, Inc. (“Genworth”) held on May 17, 2012 (the “Annual Meeting”), the holders of Genworth’s Class A Common Stock entitled to vote at the meeting approved the 2012 Genworth Financial, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2012 Plan”). The Genworth Board of Directors previously approved the 2012 Plan on March 14, 2012, subject to stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting. A description of the material terms of the 2012 Plan was included in Genworth’s definitive proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2012, and is incorporated herein by reference. The aggregate number of shares of Genworth’s Class A Common Stock reserved and available for issuance pursuant to awards granted under the 2012 Plan is 16,000,000, plus a number of shares (not to exceed 25,000,000) underlying awards outstanding as of May 17, 2012 under Genworth’s 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan that thereafter terminate or expire unexercised, or are cancelled, forfeited or lapse for any reason.

As previously disclosed, effective as of May 1, 2012, Martin P. Klein, Senior Vice President–Chief Financial Officer of Genworth, was appointed by the Board as the Acting President and Acting Chief Executive Officer of Genworth. On May 17, 2012, the Management Development and Compensation Committee of the Board approved additional compensation for Mr. Klein. Effective May 1, 2012, in addition to his annual base salary of $570,000, Mr. Klein will receive $20,000 per month for serving as Acting President and Acting Chief Executive Officer. Such amounts will also be considered part of Mr. Klein’s “base compensation” for purposes of determining his target annual incentive opportunity, which has been set at 125% of base compensation.

At the Annual Meeting, held on May 17, 2012, the holders of Genworth’s Class A Common Stock entitled to vote at the meeting (1) elected all seven of the director nominees for the ensuing year, (2) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Genworth’s named executive officers, (3) approved the 2012 Genworth Financial, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan, and (4) ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as Genworth’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2012.

The voting results were as follows:

Proposal 1

Election of directors

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Proposal 2

Proposal 3

Proposal 4

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The following document is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K:

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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.

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