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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 14, 2015 (May 12, 2015)



LOEWS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



   
Delaware
   
1-6541
   
13-2646102
(State or other jurisdiction
   
(Commission
   
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
   
File Number)
   
Identification No.)



667 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y.    
10065-8087
(Address of principal executive offices)    
(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   
(212) 521-2000



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.
  
 
Set forth below is information relating to the 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Registrant.

The Annual Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M., May 12, 2015. Represented at the meeting, in person or by proxy, were shares representing 346,534,867 votes, approximately 93.1% of the votes represented by issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote.

The following business was transacted:

Election of Directors

Over 84.2% of the votes cast for directors were voted for the election of the following directors. The number of votes for, against and abstained and all shares as to which brokers indicated that they did not have the authority to vote (“Broker Non-Votes”) with respect to each director were as follows:
 
      
Votes For
Votes Against
Votes Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
     
                                         
  
Lawrence S. Bacow
323,677,082
5,669,199
  
539,265
16,649,321
Ann E. Berman
323,786,130
5,573,208
  
526,208
16,649,321
Joseph L. Bower
321,143,588
8,360,873
  
381,085
16,649,321
Charles D. Davidson
324,114,836
5,388,010
  
382,700
16,649,321
Charles M. Diker
322,541,783
6,959,964
  
383,799
16,649,321
Jacob A. Frenkel
278,984,026
50,531,957
  
369,563
16,649,321
Paul J. Fribourg
313,098,721
16,414,865
  
371,960
16,649,321
Walter L. Harris
277,820,703
51,679,449
  
385,394
16,649,321
Philip A. Laskawy
322,495,916
6,999,707
  
389,923
16,649,321
Ken Miller
323,948,201
5,404,165
  
533,180
16,649,321
Andrew H. Tisch
280,945,047
48,586,953
  
353,546
16,649,321
James S. Tisch
319,082,986
10,465,893
  
336,667
16,649,321
Jonathan M. Tisch
313,970,892
15,587,521
  
327,133
16,649,321
Anthony Welters
322,488,048
6,873,555
  
523,943
16,649,321
 
Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

Approved – 290,063,039 votes, approximately 87.9% of the votes cast, voted, in an advisory vote, to approve the compensation of the executive officers of the Registrant named in its proxy statement dated March 30, 2015. 39,255,941 votes, approximately 11.9% of the votes cast, voted against, and shares representing 566,566 votes, approximately 0.2% of the votes cast, abstained. In addition, there were 16,649,321 Broker Non-Votes.

Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Auditors

Approved – 345,202,341 votes, approximately 99.6% of the votes cast, voted to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as independent auditors for the Registrant. 933,007 votes, approximately 0.3% of the votes cast, voted against, and shares representing 399,519 votes, approximately 0.1% of the votes cast, abstained.


 
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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.

   
LOEWS CORPORATION
   
(Registrant)
   
    
   
    
   
    
Dated:  May 14, 2015
By:
/s/ Gary W. Garson
   
  
Gary W. Garson
   
  
Senior Vice President
   
General Counsel
   
and Secretary

 
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