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
December 12, 2019
Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported)

GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

					
Delaware	 	001-32195	 	80-0873306	
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)	 	(Commission
File Number)	 	(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)	
 	 	 	
6620 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA	 	23230	
(Address of principal executive offices)	 	(Zip Code)	
(804) 281-6000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
					
Title of each class	 	Trading
Symbol(s)	 	Name of each exchange
on which registered	
Class A Common Stock, par value $.001 per share	 	GNW	 	NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)	
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 5.07	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.	
At the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders of Genworth Financial, Inc. (“Genworth”), held on December 12, 2019, the holders of Genworth’s Class A Common Stock entitled to vote at the meeting (1) elected all eight of the director nominees for the ensuing year, (2) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Genworth’s named executive officers, and (3) ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as Genworth’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2019.
The final voting results were as follows:
Proposal 1
Election of directors
																	
	 	Votes For	 	 	Votes Against	 	 	Abstentions	 	 	Broker
Non-Votes	 	
G. Kent Conrad	 	 	348,661,716	 	 	 	22,145,086	 	 	 	1,241,438	 	 	 	70,814,735	 	
Melina E. Higgins	 	 	337,359,430	 	 	 	33,454,161	 	 	 	1,234,649	 	 	 	70,814,735	 	
Thomas J. McInerney	 	 	348,052,866	 	 	 	22,864,562	 	 	 	1,130,812	 	 	 	70,814,735	 	
David M. Moffett	 	 	347,633,619	 	 	 	23,159,616	 	 	 	1,255,005	 	 	 	70,814,735	 	
Thomas E. Moloney	 	 	351,241,584	 	 	 	19,532,754	 	 	 	1,273,902	 	 	 	70,814,735	 	
Debra J. Perry	 	 	348,955,186	 	 	 	21,951,899	 	 	 	1,141,155	 	 	 	70,814,735	 	
Robert P. Restrepo Jr.	 	 	350,616,380	 	 	 	20,172,933	 	 	 	1,258,927	 	 	 	70,814,735	 	
James S. Riepe	 	 	347,965,460	 	 	 	22,918,282	 	 	 	1,164,498	 	 	 	70,814,735	 	
Proposal 2
																	
	 	Votes For	 	 	Votes Against	 	 	Abstentions	 	 	Broker
Non-Votes	 	
Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation	 	 	330,793,697	 	 	 	36,234,763	 	 	 	5,019,780	 	 	 	70,814,735	 	
Proposal 3
																	
	 	Votes For	 	 	Votes Against	 	 	Abstentions	 	 	Broker
Non-Votes	 	
Ratification of the selection of KPMG
LLP as the independent registered
public accounting firm for 2019	 	 	427,260,189	 	 	 	13,457,486	 	 	 	2,145,300	 	 	 	N/A	 	

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.
							
	 		 	GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC.	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Date: December 12, 2019	 		 	By:	 	/s/ Ward E. Bobitz	
	 		 		 	Ward E. Bobitz	
	 		 		 	Executive Vice President and General Counsel