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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 17, 2010 (November 16, 2010)
FIRST ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 001-12117 | 75-1328153 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer | ||
| of Incorporation) | Identification No.) |
| 3813 Green Hills Village Drive | ||
| Nashville, Tennessee | 37215 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(615) 844-2800
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(e) As noted in Item 5.07 below, at the 2010 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of First Acceptance Corporation (the “Company”) held on November 16, 2010, the Company’s stockholders approved an increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance pursuant to the Amended and Restated First Acceptance Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Employee Stock Purchase Plan”).
A summary of the material terms of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan is set forth on pages 29 and 30 of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 15, 2010 (the “Proxy Statement”), and is incorporated herein by reference. That summary and the foregoing description of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Annual Meeting of the Company was held on November 16, 2010. At the Annual Meeting, Rhodes R. Bobbitt, Harvey B. Cash, Donald J. Edwards, Gerald J. Ford, Stephen J. Harrison, Thomas M. Harrison, Jr., Tom C. Nichols, Lyndon L. Olson, Jr. and William A. Shipp, Jr. were elected by the stockholders to serve as directors until the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders and until such time as their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.
In addition, at the Annual Meeting, the stockholders approved an increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance pursuant to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan and ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011.
The final voting results for each of the foregoing proposals, which were described in more detail in the Proxy Statement, are set forth below.
(1) Each director was elected by the following tabulation:
| For | Withheld | |||||||
| Rhodes R. Bobbitt | 35,043,552 | 5,257,328 | ||||||
| Harvey B. Cash | 39,600,900 | 699,980 | ||||||
| Donald J. Edwards | 39,918,517 | 382,363 | ||||||
| Gerald J. Ford | 39,973,399 | 327,481 | ||||||
| Stephen J. Harrison | 39,969,099 | 331,781 | ||||||
| Thomas M. Harrison, Jr. | 39,976,049 | 324,831 | ||||||
| Tom C. Nichols | 35,098,034 | 5,202,846 | ||||||
| Lyndon L. Olson, Jr. | 39,622,483 | 678,397 | ||||||
| William A. Shipp, Jr. | 34,568,530 | 5,732,350 | ||||||
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(2) The increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance pursuant to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan was approved by the following tabulation:
| Votes Withheld and | ||||||||||||
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| 39,675,152 | 559,872 | 65,856 | 8,208,378 | |||||||||
(3) The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011 was approved by the following tabulation:
| For | Against | Abstain | Votes Withheld | |||||||||
| 39,944,168 | 6,938,758 | 6,378 | 1,619,954 | |||||||||
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||
| 10.1 | Amended and Restated First Acceptance Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan | |||
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SIGNATURE
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.
| FIRST ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION | ||||
| By: | /s/ Stephen J. Harrison | |||
| Stephen J. Harrison | ||||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Date: November 17, 2010