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) December 13, 2018

 

 

 

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 2018 annual meeting of stockholders of Genworth Financial, Inc. (“Genworth”), held on December 13, 2018, the holders of Genworth’s Class A Common Stock entitled to vote at the meeting (1) elected all nine 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 2018 Genworth Financial, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan and (4) ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as Genworth’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2018.

The final voting results were as follows:

Proposal 1

 

Election of directors
		Votes For				Votes Against				Abstentions				Broker Non-Votes
William H. Bolinder			339,409,245				10,905,474				1,205,602				90,708,457
G. Kent Conrad			339,400,879				10,949,643				1,169,799				90,708,457
Melina E. Higgins			328,269,784				22,078,111				1,172,426				90,708,457
Thomas J. McInerney			340,351,885				9,867,515				1,300,921				90,708,457
David M. Moffett			338,717,311				11,623,446				1,179,564				90,708,457
Thomas E. Moloney			340,438,344				9,894,941				1,187,036				90,708,457
Debra J. Perry			340,465,734				9,853,319				1,201,268				90,708,457
Robert P. Restrepo Jr.			340,376,614				9,949,526				1,194,181				90,708,457
James S. Riepe			337,419,375				12,779,982				1,320,964				90,708,457

Proposal 2

 

		Votes For				Votes Against				Abstentions				Broker Non-Votes
Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation			194,140,279				155,807,823				1,572,219				90,708,457

Proposal 3

 

		Votes For				Votes Against				Abstentions				Broker Non-Votes
Approval of the 2018 Genworth Financial, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan			322,621,238				27,737,705				1,161,378				90,708,457

Proposal 4

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

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

431,785,524

8,518,574

1,924,680

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, 2018				By:		/s/ Ward E. Bobitz
						Ward E. Bobitz
						Executive Vice President and General Counsel