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 12, 2013

 

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 12, 2013, Hilltop Holdings Inc., or the Company, held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in Dallas, Texas.  At the 2013 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 on executive compensation; and the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2013.  The voting results at the 2013 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 2014 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

Name		For		Against		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Charlotte Jones Anderson		58,511,340		—		617,306		13,862,735
Rhodes R. Bobbitt		57,838,171		—		1,290,475		13,862,735
Tracy A. Bolt		58,748,115		—		380,531		13,862,735
W. Joris Brinkerhoff		57,838,465		—		1,290,181		13,862,735
Charles R. Cummings		58,748,615		—		380,031		13,862,735
Hill A. Feinberg		57,811,200		—		1,317,446		13,862,735
Gerald J. Ford		56,691,734		—		2,436,912		13,862,735
Jeremy B. Ford		58,407,048		—		721,598		13,862,735
J. Markham Green		58,746,915		—		381,731		13,862,735
Jess T. Hay		58,731,809		—		396,837		13,862,735
William T. Hill, Jr.		57,670,440		—		1,458,206		13,862,735
James R. Huffines		57,738,600		—		1,390,046		13,862,735
Lee Lewis		57,813,302		—		1,315,344		13,862,735
Andrew J. Littlefair		57,887,333		—		1,241,313		13,862,735
W. Robert Nichols, III		57,821,223		—		1,307,423		13,862,735
C. Clifton Robinson		57,813,902		—		1,314,744		13,862,735
Kenneth D. Russell		56,931,518		—		2,197,128		13,862,735
A. Haag Sherman		58,438,038		—		690,608		13,862,735
Robert C. Taylor, Jr.		58,577,884		—		550,762		13,862,735
Carl B. Webb		56,930,312		—		2,198,334		13,862,735
Alan B. White		57,809,936		—		1,318,710		13,862,735

 

Proposal No. 2:          The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the 2012 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
45,589,596		13,137,638		401,412		13,862,735

 

Proposal No. 3:          The stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2013.

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
72,642,374		102,345		246,662		—

 

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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 14, 2013		By:	/s/ COREY PRESTIDGE
			Name:   Corey G. Prestidge
			Title:     General Counsel & Secretary

 

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