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 22, 2016

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)

 

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

 

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

At the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Alleghany Corporation (“Alleghany”) held on April 22, 2016: (i) two 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 2016 fiscal year was ratified, and (iii) an advisory vote on Alleghany named executive officer compensation was approved. Set forth below are the voting results for these proposals:

 

       For        Against        Abstain       

Broker

Non-Votes

(i)     Election of Directors

                    

(a)    Karen Brenner

        13,719,995           97,314           2,418         619,794

(b)    John G. Foos

        13,771,918           45,191           2,618         619,794

(ii)   Ratification of Independent
Registered Public
Accounting  Firm

        14,432,726           4,727           2,068         N/A

(iii)  Advisory Vote on
Executive Compensation

        13,343,308           466,317           10,102         619,794

 

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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 25, 2016     By:   /s/ John L. Sennott, Jr.
      Name: John L. Sennott, Jr.
      Title:   Senior Vice President

 

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