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): May 22, 2017 (May 17, 2017)
Conifer Holdings Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Michigan | 001-37536 | 27-1298795 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | ||
550 West Merrill Street, Suite 200 Birmingham, MI 48009 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (248) 559-0840
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(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
Conifer Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") on May 17, 2017. Matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting were: (i) election of two members of the Board of Directors for terms expiring in 2020; and (ii) ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2017. For more information about the aforementioned proposals, see Conifer's Proxy Statement dated April 7, 2017. As of the March 20, 2017 record date, there were 7,633,069 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. At the Annual Meeting, 7,113,746 shares of the common stock were represented in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The certified results of the matters voted on at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.
Proposal No. 1 - Election of Nicholas J. Petcoff and Mark McCammon as directors each for a three-year term expiring in 2020.
| Director Name | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||
| Nicholas J. Petcoff | 3,959,116 | 486,088 | 2,668,542 | ||||||
| Mark McCammon | 3,969,372 | 477,832 | 2,666,542 | ||||||
Proposal No. 2 - Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017.
| For | Against | Abstain | |||||
| 7,095,809 | 17,889 | 48 | |||||
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.
| Date: May 22, 2017 | Conifer Holdings Inc. | |
| By: | /s/ BRIAN J. RONEY Brian J. Roney President | |