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):  June 13, 2016

 

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):

 

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

 

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Section 5 — Corporate Governance and Management

 

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

 

On June 13, 2016, Hilltop Holdings Inc., or the Company, held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in Dallas, Texas.  At the 2016 Annual Meeting, stockholders were asked to vote on three proposals:  the election of the twenty-one 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, 2016.  The voting results at the 2016 Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

Proposal No. 1:          The stockholders elected the following twenty-one director nominees to serve on the Company’s board of directors until the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

Name		For		Against		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Charlotte Jones Anderson		70,810,703		—		3,141,335		14,185,961
Rhodes R. Bobbitt		72,695,819		—		1,256,219		14,185,961
Tracy A. Bolt		73,563,521		—		388,517		14,185,961
W. Joris Brinkerhoff		72,613,344		—		1,338,694		14,185,961
J. Taylor Crandall		73,306,003				646,035		14,185,961
Charles R. Cummings		73,521,082		—		430,956		14,185,961
Hill A. Feinberg		71,041,564		—		2,910,474		14,185,961
Gerald J. Ford		68,757,434		—		5,194,604		14,185,961
Jeremy B. Ford		72,792,991		—		1,159,047		14,185,961
J. Markham Green		73,479,577		—		472,461		14,185,961
William T. Hill, Jr.		69,926,818		—		4,025,220		14,185,961
James R. Huffines		70,933,657		—		3,018,381		14,185,961
Lee Lewis		69,131,392		—		4,820,646		14,185,961
Andrew J. Littlefair		71,084,243		—		2,867,795		14,185,961
W. Robert Nichols, III		70,798,621		—		3,153,417		14,185,961
C. Clifton Robinson		71,045,319		—		2,906,719		14,185,961
Kenneth D. Russell		67,759,934		—		6,192,104		14,185,961
A. Haag Sherman		72,698,886		—		1,253,152		14,185,961
Robert C. Taylor, Jr.		70,793,376		—		3,158,662		14,185,961
Carl B. Webb		71,072,854		—		2,879,184		14,185,961
Alan B. White		70,815,147		—		3,136,891		14,185,961

 

Proposal No. 2:          The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the 2015 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
71,967,279		1,931,666		53,093		14,185,961

 

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, 2016.

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
87,789,786		335,134		13,079		—

 

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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:	June 16, 2016	By:	/s/ COREY PRESTIDGE
			Name:	Corey G. Prestidge
			Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 

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