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 11, 2014

 

Hilltop Holdings Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

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)

 

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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

 

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

 

On June 11, 2014, Hilltop Holdings Inc., or the Company, held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in Dallas, Texas.  At the 2014 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, 2014.  The voting results at the 2014 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 2015 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

Name		For		Against		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Charlotte Jones Anderson		64,297,419		—		1,974,405		13,643,345
Rhodes R. Bobbitt		65,945,540		—		326,284		13,643,345
Tracy A. Bolt		65,945,094		—		326,730		13,643,345
W. Joris Brinkerhoff		65,944,755		—		327,069		13,643,345
Charles R. Cummings		65,946,340		—		325,484		13,643,345
Hill A. Feinberg		64,503,799		—		1,768,025		13,643,345
Gerald J. Ford		63,657,424		—		2,614,400		13,643,345
Jeremy B. Ford		65,656,166		—		615,658		13,643,345
J. Markham Green		65,947,140		—		324,684		13,643,345
Jess T. Hay		65,273,945		—		997,879		13,643,345
William T. Hill, Jr.		64,299,220		—		1,972,604		13,643,345
James R. Huffines		64,521,476		—		1,750,348		13,643,345
Lee Lewis		62,261,648		—		4,010,176		13,643,345
Andrew J. Littlefair		64,980,184		—		1,291,640		13,643,345
W. Robert Nichols, III		64,476,243		—		1,795,581		13,643,345
C. Clifton Robinson		64,542,117		—		1,729,707		13,643,345
Kenneth D. Russell		61,591,453		—		4,680,371		13,643,345
A. Haag Sherman		65,893,271		—		378,553		13,643,345
Robert C. Taylor, Jr.		64,359,784		—		1,912,040		13,643,345
Carl B. Webb		64,544,518		—		1,727,306		13,643,345
Alan B. White		64,521,835		—		1,749,989		13,643,345

 

Proposal No. 2:          The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the 2013 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
63,833,219		1,975,434		463,171		13,643,345

 

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, 2014.

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
79,421,029		396,034		98,106		—

 

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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 13, 2014		By:	/s/ COREY PRESTIDGE
				Name:	Corey G. Prestidge
				Title:	Executive Vice President,
					General Counsel & Secretary

 

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