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 10, 2010

 

Hilltop Holdings Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland

 

1-31987

 

84-1477939

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification
No.)

 

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)

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 



 

Section 5 — Corporate Governance and Management

 

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

 

On June 10, 2010, Hilltop Holdings Inc., or the Company, held its 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in Dallas, Texas.  At the 2010 Annual Meeting, stockholders considered and voted upon the election of eleven director nominees named in the proxy statement and the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2010.  The voting results at the 2010 Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

Proposal No. 1:           The following eleven director nominees were elected to serve on the Company’s board of directors until the 2011 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify.

 

Name

 

For

 

Against

 

Withheld

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rhodes R. Bobbitt

 

47,858,451

 

 

341,597

 

3,949,046

 

W. Joris Brinkerhoff

 

28,855,585

 

 

19,344,463

 

3,949,046

 

Charles R. Cummings

 

47,522,242

 

 

677,806

 

3,949,046

 

Gerald J. Ford

 

46,411,682

 

 

1,788,366

 

3,949,046

 

Jeremy B. Ford

 

45,817,599

 

 

2,382,449

 

3,949,046

 

J. Markham Green

 

47,858,451

 

 

341,597

 

3,949,046

 

Jess T. Hay

 

47,517,303

 

 

682,745

 

3,949,046

 

William T. Hill, Jr.

 

47,506,294

 

 

693,754

 

3,949,046

 

W. Robert Nichols, III

 

44,539,150

 

 

3,660,898

 

3,949,046

 

C. Clifton Robinson

 

47,662,879

 

 

537,169

 

3,949,046

 

Carl B. Webb

 

47,662,879

 

 

537,169

 

3,949,046

 

 

Proposal No. 2:           The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2010 was ratified.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

52,008,630

 

139,289

 

1,175

 

 

 

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 11, 2010

By:

/s/ COREY PRESTIDGE

 

 

Name:

Corey G. Prestidge

 

 

Title:

General Counsel & Secretary

 

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