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 EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 25, 2014

 

 

ALLEGHANY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-9371   51-0283071

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

7 Times Square Tower, 17th Floor, New York, New York   10036
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 752-1356

 

 

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:

 

¨ 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)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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

 

 

 

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

At the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Alleghany Corporation (“Alleghany”) held on April 25, 2014: (i) four directors were elected to serve for three-year terms on the Board of Directors of Alleghany, (ii) the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as Alleghany’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2014 fiscal year was ratified, and (iii) an advisory vote on Alleghany executive compensation was approved. Set forth below are the voting results for these proposals:

 

    

For

     

Against

     

Abstain

     

Broker

Non-Votes

  

(i) Election of Directors

            

(a) Rex D. Adams

      14,668,154         140,998         10,504         568,514   

(b) Ian H. Chippendale

      14,655,031         154,530         10,095         568,514   

(c) Weston M. Hicks

      14,783,121         26,398         10,137         568,514   

(d) Jefferson W. Kirby

      14,799,461         10,080         10,115         568,514   

(ii) Ratification of the selection
of Ernst & Young LLP as
Alleghany’s independent
registered public
accounting firm for the
2014 fiscal year

      15,367,030         5,335         15,805         N/A      

(iii) Advisory vote
on Alleghany’s executive
compensation

      12,298,035         2,332,624         188,997         568,514   

 

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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.

 

    ALLEGHANY CORPORATION
Date: April 28, 2014     By:  

/s/ John L. Sennott, Jr.

      Name:   John L. Sennott, Jr.
      Title:   Senior Vice President

 

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