UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 28, 2020
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Section 2 – Financial Information
Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Employers Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2020 annual meeting of stockholders on May 28, 2020, at 9:00 a.m., Pacific time, in Reno, Nevada (the "2020 Annual Meeting"). At the 2020 Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the Employers Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated Equity and Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the "Amended Equity Plan"). The Amended Equity Plan will expire on the tenth anniversary of April 1, 2020, which is the effective date of the Amended Equity Plan.
The Amended Equity Plan is described in proposal 2 of the Company’s annual proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2020 (the "2020 Proxy"). The foregoing and the description of the Amended Equity Plan contained in the 2020 Proxy do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, the full text of the Amended Equity Plan, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a) The matters that were voted upon at the 2020 Annual Meeting, and the number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes as to each such matter, where applicable, are set forth below.
(b)
At the 2020 Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (i) elected the Company’s nominees for director; (ii) approved the proposed Amended and Restated Equity and Incentive Plan, (iii) approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the Company’s executive compensation; and (iv) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.
1. | Election of directors to serve until the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: |
Name | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
Richard W. Blakey | 22,345,916 | 466,026 | 3,963 | 1,556,734 | ||||||||
João “John” M. de Figueiredo | 22,762,882 | 49,076 | 3,947 | 1,556,734 | ||||||||
Douglas D. Dirks | 22,763,149 | 48,794 | 3,962 | 1,556,734 | ||||||||
James R. Kroner | 22,775,213 | 36,729 | 3,963 | 1,556,734 | ||||||||
Michael J. McColgan | 22,775,198 | 36,744 | 3,963 | 1,556,734 | ||||||||
Michael J. McSally | 22,774,618 | 37,324 | 3,963 | 1,556,734 | ||||||||
2. | To approve the proposed Amended and Restated Equity and Incentive Plan: |
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||
22,178,451 | 621,502 | 15,952 | 1,556,734 | |||||||
3. | Advisory (non-binding) vote approving the Company’s named executive officer compensation: |
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||
22,184,012 | 609,247 | 22,646 | 1,556,734 | |||||||
4. | Ratification of the appointment of Ernst &Young LLP as the Company’s independent accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020: |
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||
24,132,620 | 234,601 | 5,418 | — | |||||||
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
10.1 Employers Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated Equity and Incentive Plan effective as of April 1, 2020, incorporated by reference to Employers Holdings, Inc.'s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 (File No. 333-168563).
SIGNATURE
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.
EMPLOYERS HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
Dated: | May 28, 2020 | /s/ Michael S. Paquette |
Michael S. Paquette | ||
Executive Vice President, | ||
Chief Financial Officer | ||
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