SEC Document
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
May 10, 2016
Date of report (date of earliest event reported)
LPL Financial Holdings Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware | 001-34963 | 20-3717839 |
(State or other jurisdictions of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Nos.) |
75 State Street
Boston MA 02109
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(617) 423-3644
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(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 registrants under any of the following provisions:
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Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (the "Company") held its 2016 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 10, 2016. The stockholders of the Company considered and acted upon the following proposals:
1. Election of Directors. By the vote reflected below, the stockholders elected the following nine individuals to serve as directors of the Company until the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified:
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Nominee | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
John J. Brennan | 70,595,571 |
| 6,016,193 |
| 453,461 |
| 6,079,129 |
Mark S. Casady | 75,677,023 |
| 1,058,684 |
| 329,518 |
| 6,079,129 |
Viet D. Dinh | 76,167,354 |
| 58,576 |
| 839,295 |
| 6,079,129 |
H. Paulett Eberhart | 73,229,715 |
| 3,368,596 |
| 466,913 |
| 6,079,129 |
Marco W. Hellman | 76,981,936 |
| 58,799 |
| 24,489 |
| 6,079,129 |
Anne M. Mulcahy | 68,912,766 |
| 6,192,753 |
| 1,959,705 |
| 6,079,129 |
James S. Putnam | 73,127,916 |
| 3,493,717 |
| 443,591 |
| 6,079,129 |
James S. Riepe | 43,276,523 |
| 31,700,856 |
| 2,087,845 |
| 6,079,129 |
Richard P. Schifter | 61,964,811 |
| 14,770,824 |
| 329,589 |
| 6,079,129 |
2. Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP by the Audit Committee of the Board as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2016. The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP by the audit committee of the Company's board of directors as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year. 82,158,827 shares voted for the proposal; 324,215 shares voted against the proposal; and 661,313 shares abstained from voting on the proposal. There were no broker non-votes on the proposal.
3. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. The stockholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation paid to the named executive officers of the Company, as disclosed in the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on March 29, 2016 relating to the Annual Meeting. 61,037,128 shares voted for the proposal; 15,610,953 shares voted against the proposal; and 417,144 shares abstained from voting on the proposal. There were 6,079,129 broker non-votes on the proposal.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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LPL FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC. |
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By: | /s/ David P. Bergers |
| Name: David P. Bergers |
| Title: General Counsel |
Dated: May 16, 2016