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) May 20, 2013 (May 16, 2013)

 

 

THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ohio   1-9518   34-0963169

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

6300 Wilson Mills Road, Mayfield Village, Ohio   44143
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 440-461-5000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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

(a) At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 16, 2013, 533,967,638 common shares were represented in person or by proxy.

(b) Proposal One - At the meeting, shareholders elected the five directors named below. The votes cast with respect to each director were as follows:

 

Director

  

Term
Expires

    

For

    

Against

    

Abstain

    

Broker

Non-Votes

 

Lawton W. Fitt

     2014        509,424,233        1,405,566        499,930        22,637,909  

Jeffrey D. Kelly

     2014        507,871,596        2,941,763        516,370        22,637,909  

Peter B. Lewis

     2014        504,635,450        6,355,599        338,680        22,637,909  

Patrick H. Nettles, Ph.D.

     2014        508,709,629        2,119,592        500,508        22,637,909  

Glenn M. Renwick

     2014        504,912,470        6,085,106        332,153        22,637,909  

The following are the directors whose terms continued after the meeting:

 

Director

   Term Expires  

Stuart B. Burgdoerfer

     2014   

Charles A. Davis

     2014   

Heidi G. Miller, Ph.D.

     2014   

Roger N. Farah

     2015   

Stephen R. Hardis

     2015   

Bradley T. Sheares, Ph.D.

     2015   

Also at the Annual Meeting, shareholders took the following actions:

 

   

Proposal Two - Approved our executive compensation program. This proposal received 503,726,696 affirmative votes and 5,659,353 negative votes. There were 1,943,680 abstentions and 22,637,909 broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.

 

   

Proposal Three - Ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013. This proposal received 529,736,389 affirmative votes and 3,836,732 negative votes. There were 394,517 abstentions and no broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.


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.

Date: May 20, 2013

 

THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Jeffrey W. Basch

Name:        Jeffrey W. Basch
Title:   Vice President and
  Chief Accounting Officer