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 26, 2013

 

 

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

At the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Alleghany Corporation (“Alleghany”) held on April 26, 2013: (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 2013 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) Stephen P. Bradley      14,912,737         55,646         12,005         516,352   
  (b) Karen Brenner      14,920,697         48,121         11,570         516,352   
  (c) Thomas S. Johnson      14,344,409         473,031         162,948         516,352   
  (d) James F. Will      14,797,514         76,045         106,829         516,352   

(ii)

   Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as Alleghany’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2013 fiscal year      15,484,220         9,280         3,240         N/A   

(iii)

   Advisory vote on Alleghany’s executive compensation      14,800,153         125,046         55,189         516,352   

 

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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 29, 2013     By:   /s/ John L. Sennott, Jr.
      Name:   John L. Sennott, Jr.
      Title:   Senior Vice President

 

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