UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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 1, 2017

 

 

Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Bermuda   1-15259   98-0214719

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

110 Pitts Bay Road

Pembroke HM 08

Bermuda

 

P.O. Box HM 1282

Hamilton HM FX

Bermuda

(Address, Including Zip Code,

of Principal Executive Offices)

  (Mailing Address)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (441) 296-5858

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

(a)-(b) The Company held its 2017 Annual General Meeting on June 1, 2017. At the 2017 Annual General Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (1) elected the Company’s three Class I director nominees to the Company’s board of directors, (2) approved the Company’s executive compensation on a non-binding, advisory basis, (3) selected, on an advisory, non-binding basis, that an advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation should be held annually and (4) approved Ernst & Young LLP’s appointment as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 and referred their remuneration to the Audit Committee of the Company’s board of directors.

The results of each vote, including the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, are set forth below for each matter brought to a stockholder vote at the 2017 Annual General Meeting.

 

Director

   For      Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes
 

H. Berry Cash

     25,761,808        137,902        57,056        1,773,230  

John R. Power, Jr.

     25,710,094        189,529        57,143        1,773,230  

Mark E. Watson III

     25,777,845        122,415        56,506        1,773,230  
     For      Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Advisory approval of executive compensation

     25,297,819        605,457        53,490        1,773,230  
     1 Year      2 Years      3 Years      Abstentions  

Frequency of advisory vote on executive compensation

     20,984,531        37,722        4,914,779        19,734  

 

     For      Against      Abstentions  

Approval of Independent Auditors; Referral of Remuneration

     27,257,118        446,462        26,416  

(d) On June 1, 2017, following the Company’s 2017 Annual General Meeting, the Company’s board of directors adopted a resolution providing that an advisory vote on executive compensation would be held annually until the next required vote on the frequency of such votes.


SIGNATURE

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.

 

  ARGO GROUP INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LTD.
  By:  

/s/ Jay S. Bullock

Dated: June 2, 2017     Name:   Jay S. Bullock
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer