GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. (NYSE:GBL) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. (NYSE:GBL) 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 annual meeting of shareholders of GAMCO Investors, Inc.
(GAMCO) was held on May 3, 2017. At the annual meeting: (1)
seven persons were elected to serve as directors of GAMCO; (2)
the appointment of Deloitte Touche LLP as GAMCOs independent
registered public accounting firm for the year ending December
31, 2017 was ratified; (3) the potential issuance of more than
1% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock to a
related party of GAMCO was approved; (4) an Amendment to the
Company’s 2002 Stock Award and Incentive Plan was approved;
(5) the holders of GAMCO’s Class A and Class B Common Stock
cast an advisory vote on the Company’s named executive officer
compensation; (6) the holders of GAMCO’s Class A and Class B
Common Stock cast an advisory vote to approve the frequency of
the vote on named executive officer compensation; and (7) the
holders of GAMCO’s Class A Common Stock cast an advisory vote
on whether GAMCO’s Board of Directors should consider the
conversion and reclassification of the Class B Common Stock
into Class A Common Stock at a ratio in the range between 1.15
to 1.25 shares of Class A Common Stock for each share of Class
B Common Stock.
Set forth below, with respect to each of the matters submitted
to shareholders, are the number of votes cast for or against or
withheld, and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes,
where applicable.
VOTES FOR
VOTES WITHHELD
BROKER NON-VOTES
(1) Election of Directors
NOMINEE
Edwin L. Artzt
191,079,058
28,552
1,221,091
Raymond C. Avansino, Jr.
190,318,567
789,043
1,221,091
Leslie B. Daniels 191,081,951 25,659
1,221,091
Mario J. Gabelli
190,021,523
1,086,087
1,221,091
Eugene R. McGrath
191,079,413
28,197
1,221,091
Robert S. Prather, Jr.
190,425,571
682,039
1,221,091
Elisa M. Wilson
189,997,098
1,110,512
1,221,091
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
ABSTAINED
BROKER NON-VOTES
(2) Ratification of independent registered public
accounting firm
192,314,061
12,312
2,328
–
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
ABSTAINED
BROKER NON-VOTES
(3) Approval of potential issuance of more than 1% of the
Company’s issued and outstanding common stock to a
related party of GAMCO
189,264,842
1,576,690
266,078
1,221,091
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
ABSTAINED
BROKER NON-VOTES
(4) Approval of an Amendment to the Company’s 2002
Stock Award and Incentive Plan
189,357,098
1,483,600
266,912
1,221,091
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
ABSTAINED
BROKER NON-VOTES
(5) Advisory vote on the Company’s named executive
compensation
189,181,310
1,659,085
267,215
1,221,091
3 years
2 years
1 year
ABSTAINED
BROKER NON-VOTES
(6) Approval, on an advisory basis on the frequency of
the vote on the Company’s named executive compensation
189,241,004
2,993
1,549,698
313,915
1,221,091
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
ABSTAINED
BROKER NON-VOTES
(7) Advisory Vote on the Board Consideration of the
Reclassification of Class B Stock
6,449,252
41,609
206,900
1,228,650


About GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. (NYSE:GBL)

GAMCO Investors, Inc. (GBL) is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the Company provides investment advisory services to open and closed-end funds, institutional and private wealth management (PWM) investors in the United States. The Company operates in the segment of investment advisory and asset management business. The Company manages assets and invests in the United States and international securities through various investment styles. GAMCO Asset Management Inc. (Institutional and Private Wealth Management) and Gabelli Funds, LLC (Funds) are registered investment advisers. G.distributors, LLC (G.distributors) acts as an underwriter and distributor of its open-end funds. Its assets under management (AUM) are organized into three groups: Institutional and Private Wealth Management; Open and Closed-End Funds, and SICAV. The Company provides advisory services to a fund under the GAMCO brand, the GAMCO International SICAV (the SICAV).

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