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
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 13, 2018

 

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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Item 5.07	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.	
At the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders of Genworth Financial, Inc. (“Genworth”), held on December 13, 2018, the holders of Genworth’s Class A Common Stock entitled to vote at the meeting (1) elected all nine of the director nominees for the ensuing year, (2) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Genworth’s named executive officers, (3) approved the 2018 Genworth Financial, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan and (4) ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as Genworth’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2018.
The final voting results were as follows:
Proposal 1

Election of directors	  				  				  				  				
 	  	Votes For	 	  	Votes Against	 	  	Abstentions	 	  	Broker
Non-Votes	 	
William H. Bolinder	  	 	339,409,245	 	  	 	10,905,474	 	  	 	1,205,602	 	  	 	90,708,457	 	
G. Kent Conrad	  	 	339,400,879	 	  	 	10,949,643	 	  	 	1,169,799	 	  	 	90,708,457	 	
Melina E. Higgins	  	 	328,269,784	 	  	 	22,078,111	 	  	 	1,172,426	 	  	 	90,708,457	 	
Thomas J. McInerney	  	 	340,351,885	 	  	 	9,867,515	 	  	 	1,300,921	 	  	 	90,708,457	 	
David M. Moffett	  	 	338,717,311	 	  	 	11,623,446	 	  	 	1,179,564	 	  	 	90,708,457	 	
Thomas E. Moloney	  	 	340,438,344	 	  	 	9,894,941	 	  	 	1,187,036	 	  	 	90,708,457	 	
Debra J. Perry	  	 	340,465,734	 	  	 	9,853,319	 	  	 	1,201,268	 	  	 	90,708,457	 	
Robert P. Restrepo Jr.	  	 	340,376,614	 	  	 	9,949,526	 	  	 	1,194,181	 	  	 	90,708,457	 	
James S. Riepe	  	 	337,419,375	 	  	 	12,779,982	 	  	 	1,320,964	 	  	 	90,708,457	 	
Proposal 2

 	  	Votes For	 	  	Votes Against	 	  	Abstentions	 	  	Broker
Non-Votes	 	
Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation	  	 	194,140,279	 	  	 	155,807,823	 	  	 	1,572,219	 	  	 	90,708,457	 	
Proposal 3

 	  	Votes For	 	  	Votes Against	 	  	Abstentions	 	  	Broker
Non-Votes	 	
Approval of the 2018 Genworth Financial, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan	  	 	322,621,238	 	  	 	27,737,705	 	  	 	1,161,378	 	  	 	90,708,457	 	
Proposal 4

 	  	Votes For	 	  	Votes Against	 	  	Abstentions	 	  	Broker
Non-Votes	 	
Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for 2017	  	 	431,785,524	 	  	 	8,518,574	 	  	 	1,924,680	 	  	 	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 13, 2018	 		 	By:	 	/s/ Ward E. Bobitz	
	 		 		 	Ward E. Bobitz	
	 		 		 	Executive Vice President and General Counsel