Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a)
Employers Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2023 annual meeting of stockholders on May 25, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., Pacific time, in Reno, Nevada (the "2023 Annual Meeting"). The matters that were voted upon at the 2023 Annual Meeting, and the number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes as to each such matter, where applicable, are set forth below.
(b)
At the 2023 Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (i) elected the Company’s nominees for director; (ii) approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; (iii) approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of annual advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers; and (iv) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023.
1. Election of directors to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:
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Name | | Votes For | | Votes Against | | Abstentions | | Broker Non-Votes |
Katherine H. Antonello | | 19,775,701 | | 97,229 | | 18,645 | | 1,545,470 |
João “John” M. de Figueiredo | | 13,549,276 | | 6,322,628 | | 19,671 | | 1,545,470 |
Prasanna G. Dhoré | | 12,549,525 | | 7,316,742 | | 25,308 | | 1,545,470 |
Barbara A. Higgins | | 13,548,528 | | 6,324,403 | | 18,644 | | 1,545,470 |
James R. Kroner | | 19,695,382 | | 169,861 | | 26,332 | | 1,545,470 |
Michael J. McColgan | | 19,717,820 | | 147,423 | | 26,332 | | 1,545,470 |
Michael J. McSally | | 19,629,029 | | 236,213 | | 26,333 | | 1,545,470 |
Jeanne L. Mockard | | 19,717,519 | | 148,720 | | 25,336 | | 1,545,470 |
Alex Perez-Tenessa | | 19,768,968 | | 96,319 | | 26,288 | | 1,545,470 |
2. Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:
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Votes For | | Votes Against | | Abstentions | | Broker Non-Votes |
19,663,415 | | 215,880 | | 12,280 | | 1,545,470 |
3. Approval, on a non-binding basis, of annual advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers:
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1 Year | | 2 Years | | 3 Years | | Abstentions | | Broker Non-Votes |
17,487,278 | | 23,934 | | 2,355,993 | | 24,370 | | 1,545,470 |
After considering these results, and consistent with its own recommendation, on May 25, 2023 the Company’s Board of Directors determined that the Company would continue to hold an annual vote, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers until the next advisory vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, which will occur no later than the 2029 annual meeting of stockholders.
4. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023:
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Votes For | | Votes Against | | Abstentions | | Broker Non-Votes |
21,150,728 | | 274,598 | | 11,719 | | --- |