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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

May 20, 2021

Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

 

LOGO

GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-32195   80-0873306
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

6620 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA   23230
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(804) 281-6000

(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 Instruction A.2 below):

 

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share   GNW   NYSE (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 5.03.

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On May 20, 2021, in connection with the decision of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) to elect Melina E. Higgins as its Non-Executive Chair of the Board of Directors, the Board further amended Genworth Financial, Inc. Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) to change any and all references from “chairman” to “chair” throughout the Bylaws.

The foregoing amendment to the Bylaws became effective on the date of its adoption by the Board. The above description of the amendment to the Bylaws is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Bylaws, as amended, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders of Genworth Financial, Inc. (“Genworth”), held on May 20, 2021, the holders of Genworth’s Class A Common Stock entitled to vote at the meeting (1) elected all nine of the director nominees for the ensuing year, (2) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Genworth’s named executive officers, (3) approved the 2021 Genworth Financial, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan and (4) ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as Genworth’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2021. Following the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, the Board elected Melina E. Higgins to serve as the Non-Executive Chair of the Board of Directors.

The final voting results were as follows:

Proposal 1

Election of directors

 

     Votes For    Votes Against    Abstentions    Broker
Non-Votes

G. Kent Conrad

   324,269,768    30,632,212    1,099,051    48,450,971

Karen E. Dyson

   322,969,698    32,002,254    1,029,079    48,450,971

Jill R. Goodman

   326,088,710    27,662,524    2,249,797    48,450,971

Melina E. Higgins

   309,201,735    45,759,747    1,039,549    48,450,971

Thomas J. McInerney

   317,566,855    37,212,535    1,221,641    48,450,971

Howard D, Mills, III

   325,958,180    28,745,887    1,296,964    48,450,971

Debra J. Perry

   319,791,736    35,189,180    1,020,115    48,450,971

Robert P. Restrepo Jr.

   321,223,984    33,659,147    1,117,900    48,450,971

Ramsey D. Smith

   326,023,683    28,696,874    1,280,474    48,450,971

Proposal 2

 

     Votes For    Votes Against    Abstentions    Broker
Non-Votes

Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation

   300,589,508    52,926,990    2,484,533    48,450,971

Proposal 3

 

     Votes For    Votes Against    Abstentions    Broker
Non-Votes

Approval of the 2021 Genworth Financial, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan

   307,730,504    46,636,923    1,633,604    48,450,971


Proposal 4

 

     Votes For    Votes Against    Abstentions    Broker
Non-Votes

Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for 2021

   382,509,213    18,840,021    3,102,768    N/A

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statement and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Number

  

Description

3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Genworth Financial, Inc., dated as of May 20, 2021
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)


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.

 

    GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC.
Date: May 21, 2021     By:  

  /s/ Ward E. Bobitz

      Ward E. Bobitz
        Executive Vice President and
        General Counsel