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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): May 16, 2019

PRIMERICA, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware

001-34680

27-1204330

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

1 Primerica Parkway

Duluth, Georgia 30099

 

 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

 

 

 

(770) 381-1000

 

 

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

 

Not applicable.

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock

 

PRI

 

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company           

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.        

 

 

 


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

The Company held its 2019 annual stockholders’ meeting on May 16, 2019.  There were 42,454,292 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to be voted, and 39,821,365 of those shares (93.8% of the outstanding shares) were represented in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting.  

Proposal 1:  The following nominees were elected by majority vote to serve on the Board of Directors:

Nominee

 

For

 

 

Withheld

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

John A. Addison, Jr.

 

 

34,814,099

 

 

 

1,784,642

 

 

 

3,212,633

 

Joel M. Babbit

 

 

36,488,165

 

 

 

105,548

 

 

 

3,212,633

 

P. George Benson

 

 

36,481,418

 

 

 

107,846

 

 

 

3,212,633

 

C. Saxby Chambliss

 

 

34,166,379

 

 

 

2,422,458

 

 

 

3,212,633

 

Gary L. Crittenden

 

 

36,470,924

 

 

 

124,040

 

 

 

3,212,633

 

Cynthia N. Day

 

 

35,062,109

 

 

 

1,532,857

 

 

 

3,212,633

 

Beatriz R. Perez

 

 

36,442,512

 

 

 

152,596

 

 

 

3,212,633

 

D. Richard Williams

 

 

34,816,746

 

 

 

1,779,705

 

 

 

3,212,633

 

Glenn J. Williams

 

 

36,357,144

 

 

 

241,878

 

 

 

3,212,633

 

Barbara A. Yastine

 

 

36,451,431

 

 

 

143,820

 

 

 

3,212,633

 

Proposal 2:  An advisory vote on executive compensation (Say-on-Pay) was approved.

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstain

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

36,491,903

 

 

 

96,064

 

 

 

20,765

 

 

 

3,212,633

 

Proposal 3:  The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2019 was ratified.

Votes For

 

 

Votes Against

 

 

Abstentions

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

39,636,639

 

 

 

167,845

 

 

 

16,881

 

 

n/a

 

 


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.

 

Dated:  May 17, 2019

 

PRIMERICA, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Stacey K. Geer

 

 

 

Stacey K. Geer

 

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Governance Officer and Deputy General Counsel