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 12, 2015

 

Hilltop Holdings Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

200 Crescent Court, Suite 1330 Dallas, Texas		75201
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

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 12, 2015, Hilltop Holdings Inc., or the Company, held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in Dallas, Texas.  At the 2015 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, 2015.  The voting results at the 2015 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 2016 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

Name		For		Against		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Charlotte Jones Anderson		69,178,011		—		2,439,365		17,398,339
Rhodes R. Bobbitt		71,225,151		—		392,225		17,398,339
Tracy A. Bolt		71,267,527		—		349,849		17,398,339
W. Joris Brinkerhoff		71,227,910		—		389,466		17,398,339
J. Taylor Crandall		71,001,560				615,816		17,398,339
Charles R. Cummings		71,223,170		—		394,206		17,398,339
Hill A. Feinberg		68,222,458		—		3,394,918		17,398,339
Gerald J. Ford		66,734,293		—		4,883,083		17,398,339
Jeremy B. Ford		70,493,890		—		1,123,486		17,398,339
J. Markham Green		71,108,688		—		508,688		17,398,339
William T. Hill, Jr.		69,271,262		—		2,346,114		17,398,339
James R. Huffines		68,206,771		—		3,410,605		17,398,339
Lee Lewis		66,706,074		—		4,911,302		17,398,339
Andrew J. Littlefair		68,926,934		—		2,690,442		17,398,339
W. Robert Nichols, III		69,106,881		—		2,510,495		17,398,339
C. Clifton Robinson		68,199,840		—		3,417,536		17,398,339
Kenneth D. Russell		66,681,884		—		4,935,492		17,398,339
A. Haag Sherman		71,173,653		—		443,723		17,398,339
Robert C. Taylor, Jr.		69,295,019		—		2,322,357		17,398,339
Carl B. Webb		68,203,557		—		3,413,819		17,398,339
Alan B. White		68,205,887		—		3,411,489		17,398,339

 

Proposal No. 2:          The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the 2014 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
70,155,361		1,311,039		150,976		17,398,339

 

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, 2015.

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
88,480,006		236,992		298,717		—

 

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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 15, 2015	By:	/s/ COREY PRESTIDGE
			Name:	Corey G. Prestidge
			Title:	Executive Vice President,
				General Counsel & Secretary

 

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