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 Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 25, 2011

 

 

INFINITY PROPERTY AND CASUALTY CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Ohio   000-50167   03-0483872

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No. )

3700 Colonnade Parkway, Birmingham, Alabama 35243

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(205) 870-4000

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ 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)

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On May 25, 2011, the Company’s shareholders voted on four proposals, set forth below, at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”). Of the 12,404,072 shares of common stock outstanding as of March 29, 2011, the record date, 11,851,731 shares were represented at the Meeting (in person or by proxy), constituting 95.5% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. At the Meeting, the shareholders approved all of the director nominees and each of the proposals presented, including indicating their preferred frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. The final result of voting on each of the proposals is as follows:

 

Proposal 1. Election of ten directors.

 

Nominee

   Votes For      Votes Withheld  

Teresa A. Canida

     11,572,384         1,470   

Jorge G. Castro

     11,572,153         1,701   

James R. Gober

     11,464,288         109,566   

Harold E. Layman

     11,572,384         1,470   

Drayton Nabers, Jr.

     11,572,384         1,470   

Samuel J. Simon

     11,524,571         49,283   

Roger Smith

     10,428,613         1,145,241   

William Stancil Starnes

     11,572,384         1,470   

Gregory C. Thomas

     11,572,384         1,470   

Samuel J. Weinhoff

     11,572,384         1,470   

 

Proposal 2. Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

11,783,574

   61,157    0    7,000

 

Proposal 3. Approve, in an advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement.

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

11,254,513

   199,351    119,990    277,877

 

Proposal 4. Preferred frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation.

 

1 Year

  

2 Years

  

3 Years

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

10,280,033

   2,660    1,173,656    124,505    270,877


In consideration of the shareholder vote on the proposal regarding the preferred frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation, the Company’s Board of Directors decided that the Company will hold an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every year in connection with its annual meeting of shareholders. Accordingly, the Company will include such an advisory vote every year in its future proxy materials until the next shareholder vote on the preferred frequency of such advisory votes, which vote shall be held no later than the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders in 2017.


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.

 

INFINITY PROPERTY AND CASUALTY CORPORATION

BY:  

/s/ Samuel J. Simon

  Samuel J. Simon
  Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary

May 31, 2010