8-K 1 form8k.htm FPIC INSURANCE GROUP, INC. FORM 8-K - SHAREHOLDER VOTING RESULTS form8k.htm


 
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 4, 2010

   
 
FPIC Insurance Group, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Florida
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-11983
 
59-3359111
(Commission file number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1000 Riverside Avenue, Suite 800
Jacksonville, Florida 32204
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(904) 354-2482
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
www.fpic.com

 
Not Applicable
 
 
(Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 

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Item 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
    The registrant held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 4, 2010.  Represented at the meeting, in person or by proxy, were shares representing 8,034,736 votes, approximately 80.72 percent of the votes represented by issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote.

Shareholders voted on the matters set forth below:

1.    
Election of Directors

The following nominees for directors were elected to hold office until the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.  The number of votes for, against, and abstained and all shares as to which brokers indicated that they did not have the authority to vote ("Broker Non-Votes”) with respect to each director were as follows:

Nominee
 
Votes For
 
Votes Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
John K. Anderson, Jr.
    6,997,244     74,447     963,045
M. C. Harden, III
    6,080,630     991,061     963,045
John G. Rich
    7,000,109     71,582     963,045
Joan D. Ruffier
    6,998,394     73,297     963,045

The director elections were uncontested.  Accordingly, under the registrant’s by-laws, each nominee was elected by virtue of having received a plurality of the votes cast at the meeting.

 
2.   
Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm

The proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the registrant’s independent registered certified public accounting firm for 2010, approval of which required the affirmative vote of a majority of those shares present in person or represented by proxy, was approved based on the following votes:
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstained
 
Broker Non-Votes
  7,961,769     72,667     300     0
             
 
3.   
Approval of Amendment to the Omnibus Incentive Plan
 
The proposal to approve an amendment to the Omnibus Incentive Plan, approval of which required the affirmative vote of a majority of those shares present in person or represented by proxy was approved based on the following votes:
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstained
 
Broker Non-Votes
  6,460,954     603,176     7,561     963,045
             
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
FPIC Insurance Group, Inc.
     
June 8, 2010
By:
/s/ T. Malcolm Graham
 
T. Malcolm Graham
General Counsel and Secretary