AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC. (NYSE:AMP) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders.
The 2017 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company was
held on April26, 2017. At the meeting, the holders of 140,182,149
shares of common stock, which represents approximately 91 percent
of the 153,863,728 outstanding shares entitled to vote as of the
February28, 2017 record date were represented in person or by
proxy. Detailed voting results are set forth below.
Item 1 Election of Directors. The stockholders elected
each director nominee for a term of one year to expire at the
2018 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are
elected and qualified. The voting results were as follows:
|
Name |
|
VotesFor |
|
VotesAgainst |
|
Abstentions |
|
BrokerNon-Votes |
|
|
James M. Cracchiolo |
124,355,224 |
1,565,102 |
1,618,461 |
12,643,362 |
|||||
|
Dianne Neal Blixt |
127,120,142 |
188,771 |
229,874 |
12,643,362 |
|||||
|
Amy DiGeso |
124,818,941 |
2,493,866 |
225,980 |
12,643,362 |
|||||
|
Lon R. Greenberg |
124,948,474 |
2,354,698 |
235,615 |
12,643,362 |
|||||
|
Siri S. Marshall |
124,165,495 |
3,140,834 |
232,458 |
12,643,362 |
|||||
|
Jeffrey Noddle |
124,086,496 |
3,220,286 |
232,005 |
12,643,362 |
|||||
|
H. Jay Sarles |
126,222,641 |
1,082,489 |
233,657 |
12,643,362 |
|||||
|
Robert F. Sharpe,Jr. |
122,778,244 |
4,533,375 |
227,168 |
12,643,362 |
|||||
|
Christopher J. Williams |
126,462,785 |
840,311 |
235,691 |
12,643,362 |
Item 2 Nonbinding Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of
Named Executive Officers. The stockholders approved, on an
advisory basis, the compensation of its named executive officers.
The proposal received for votes from approximately 81 percent of
the shares voted:
|
VotesFor |
|
VotesAgainst |
|
Abstentions |
|
BrokerNon-Votes |
|
|
103,152,106 |
23,955,558 |
431,123 |
12,643,362 |
Item 3 Nonbinding Advisory Vote to Approve the Frequency of
Stockholder Approval of the Compensation of Named Executive
Officers. The nonbinding advisory vote on the frequency of
the stockholder advisory vote on the compensation of the named
executive officers resulted in a majority vote for the annual
approval of such compensation. The voting results were as
follows:
|
OneYear |
|
TwoYears |
|
ThreeYears |
|
Abstentions |
|
BrokerNon-Votes |
|
|
115,635,873 |
171,495 |
11,477,270 |
254,149 |
12,643,362 |
Following the annual meeting of stockholders, the Companys Board
of Directors held a duly convened meeting on the same day. In
light of the fact that the Boards recommendation that
stockholders be given an annual nonbinding advisory vote to
approve the compensation of the named executive officers received
the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast, the Board
approved a resolution providing that stockholders shall be given
such a vote at each years annual meeting of stockholders until
such time as the Companys stockholders express a preference for a
less frequent vote or such a vote is no longer required by law or
regulation, whichever shall first occur.
Item 4 – Ratification of the Audit Committees Selection of the
Companys Independent Registered Public Accountant for 2017.
The stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm
for 2017. The proposal received for votes from approximately 99
percent of the shares voted:
|
VotesFor |
|
VotesAgainst |
|
Abstentions |
|
|
139,058,966 |
712,583 |
410,600 |
About AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC. (NYSE:AMP)
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. is a diversified financial services company that offers financial solutions to individual and institutional clients. The Company operates in five segments: Advice & Wealth Management; Asset Management; Annuities; Protection, and Corporate & Other. The Advice & Wealth Management segment provides financial planning and advice, as well as brokerage services, primarily to retail clients through advisors. The Asset Management segment provides investment advice and investment products to retail, high net worth and institutional clients on a global scale through Columbia Threadneedle Investments. The Annuities segment provides RiverSource variable and fixed annuity products to individual clients. The Protection segment offers a range of products to address the protection and risk management needs of retail clients. The Company’s Corporate & Other segment consists of net investment income or loss on corporate level assets. AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC. (NYSE:AMP) Recent Trading Information
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