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LEGG MASON, INC. (NYSE:LM) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

LEGG MASON, INC. (NYSE:LM) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security HoldersItem 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Legg Mason’s Annual Meeting was held on July 31, 2018. The tabulation of votes for each proposal submitted to Legg Mason’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting was as follows:

Proposal 1: Election of Directors.

In the election of directors, the 10 director nominees were elected with the following votes:

Director

For

Withhold

Broker Non-Votes

Robert E. Angelica

65,837,468

1,275,727

10,752,354

Carol Anthony Davidson

65,837,468

316,531

10,752,354

Michelle J. Goldberg

66,796,636

316,559

10,752,354

Barry W. Huff

66,797,417

315,778

10,752,354

John V. Murphy

65,962,488

1,150,707

10,752,354

Alison A. Quirk

66,223,023

890,172

10,752,354

W. Allen Reed

65,821,695

1,291,500

10,752,354

Margaret Richardson

65,606,226

1,506,969

10,752,354

Kurt L.Schmoke

65,199,616

1,913,579

10,752,354

Joseph A. Sullivan

63,941,245

3,171,950

10,752,354

Proposal 2: Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of Legg Mason’s Named Executive Officers.

The stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as follows:

For

64,795,612

Against

2,086,856

Abstain

230,727

Broker Non- Vote

10,752,354

Proposal 3: Ratification of the Appointment of Legg Mason’s Independent Registered Accounting Firm.

The stockholders voted in favor of the ratification of the appointment of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019 as follows:

For

75,713,799

Against

2,082,759

Abstain

68,991

Broker Non- Vote

About LEGG MASON, INC. (NYSE:LM)
Legg Mason, Inc. is a holding company. The Company and its subsidiaries are principally engaged in providing asset management and related financial services to individuals, institutions, corporations and municipalities. The Company operates through Global Asset Management segment. Global Asset Management provides investment advisory services to institutional and individual clients and to the Company-sponsored investment funds. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides investment management and related services to institutional and individual clients, Company-sponsored investment funds and retail separately managed account programs. It offers its products and services directly and through various financial intermediaries. It has operations principally in the United States and the United Kingdom and also has offices in Australia, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Dubai, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland and Taiwan.