Form 8-K

 

 

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): May 10, 2012

 

 

Assurant, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Commission File Number: 001-31978

 

DE   39-1126612

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

One Chase Manhattan Plaza, 41st Floor

New York, New York 10005

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(212) 859-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(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:

 

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

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


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

Assurant, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 10, 2012. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (1) elected each of the nominees listed below to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the 2013 Annual Meeting or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, (2) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2012 and (3) approved, by non-binding advisory vote, the 2011 compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.

The following is a summary of the votes cast, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, as to each proposal, including a separate tabulation with respect to each nominee for director.

Proposal 1: Election of Directors.

 

Nominees:

   Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes  

Elaine D. Rosen

     71,167,366         1,387,857         14,253         2,227,637   

Howard L. Carver

     63,039,895         9,236,188         293,393         2,227,637   

Juan N. Cento

     71,223,019         1,332,258         14,199         2,227,637   

Elyse Douglas

     71,678,907         876,419         14,150         2,227,637   

Lawrence V. Jackson

     71,684,190         865,386         19,900         2,227,637   

David B. Kelso

     72,146,557         408,719         14,200         2,227,637   

Charles J. Koch

     71,690,476         865,101         13,899         2,227,637   

H. Carroll Mackin

     71,686,296         589,787         293,393         2,227,637   

Robert B. Pollock

     72,115,024         432,955         21,497         2,227,637   

Paul J. Reilly

     71,645,728         909,598         14,150         2,227,637   

Robert W. Stein

     72,109,429         443,313         16,734         2,227,637   

Proposal 2: Ratification of Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2012.

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

74,127,889

  647,123   22,101   0

Proposal 3: Non-binding Advisory Vote on the 2011 Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers.

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

71,238,477

  1,301,842   29,157   2,227,637


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Assurant, Inc.
By:  

/S/ STEPHEN W. GAUSTER

  Stephen W. Gauster
 

Senior Vice President, Chief Corporate Counsel and

Assistant Secretary

Date: May 15, 2012