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

December 13, 2017

Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

 

LOGO

GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-32195   80-0873306

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

6620 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA   23230
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(804) 281-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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

At the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders of Genworth Financial, Inc. (“Genworth”), held on December 13, 2017, the holders of Genworth’s Class A Common Stock entitled to vote at the meeting (1) elected all ten of the director nominees for the ensuing year, (2) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Genworth’s named executive officers, (3) approved, on an advisory basis, the frequency of the advisory vote on Genworth’s executive officers compensation, (4) re-approved the material terms of performance goals for qualified performance-based awards under the 2012 Genworth Financial, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan and (5) ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as Genworth’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2017.

The final voting results were as follows:

Proposal 1

Election of directors

 

     Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes		  

William H. Bolinder

      300,346,717        9,657,413        1,902,190        105,466,362  

G. Kent Conrad

      300,828,726        9,288,758        1,788,836        105,466,362  

Melina E. Higgins

      289,008,122        21,129,488        1,768,710        105,466,362  

Thomas J. McInerney

      300,044,080        10,116,579        1,745,661        105,466,362  

David M. Moffett

      299,206,416        10,942,170        1,757,734        105,466,362  

Thomas E. Moloney

      300,736,789        9,378,200        1,791,331        105,466,362  

James A. Parke

      298,180,347        11,967,818        1,758,155        105,466,362  

Debra J. Perry

      300,098,913        10,051,698        1,755,709        105,466,362  

Robert P. Restrepo Jr.

      300,677,315        9,444,704        1,784,301        105,466,362  

James S. Riepe

      299,456,602        10,585,466        1,864,252        105,466,362  

Proposal 2

 

     Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes		  

Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation

      291,887,842        18,480,815        1,537,663        105,466,362  

Proposal 3

 

     One Year      Two Years      Three Years      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes		  

Advisory vote to approve frequency of advisory vote on named executive officer compensation

      244,582,454        498,252        64,860,819        1,964,795        105,466,362  

After considering these results, and consistent with its own recommendation, Genworth’s Board of Directors has determined that Genworth will hold an advisory vote on named executive officer compensation on an annual basis until the next advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on named executive officer compensation.

Proposal 4

 

     Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes		  

Re-approve material terms of performance goals for qualified performance-based awards under the 2012 Genworth Financial, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan

      293,714,909        16,154,501        2,036,910        105,466,362  

Proposal 5

 

     Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes		  

Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for 2017

      406,406,434        5,350,851        5,615,397        N/A  

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.

 

    GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC.
Date: December 13, 2017     By:  

/s/ Ward E. Bobitz

      Ward E. Bobitz
      Executive Vice President and
      General Counsel