2014 Annual Meeting


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 14, 2014
 
MERCURY GENERAL CORPORATION
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
California   
001-12257        
95-221-1612   
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
4484 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90010
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
____________________
 
(323) 937-1060
 
(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.

Mercury General Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 14, 2014. The matters voted upon at the meeting include the election of ten directors and an advisory vote on executive compensation. The votes cast with respect to these matters were as follows:

Proposal 1: Election of Director:
Nominee
Number of Shares
Number of Shares
 
Voted For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
George Joseph
48,512,763
253,496
0
Gabriel Tirador
48,532,749
233,510
0
Christopher Graves
48,523,977
242,282
0
Bruce A. Bunner
40,784,994
7,981,265
0
Michael D. Curtius
48,515,540
250,719
0
James G. Ellis
48,682,103
84,156
0
Richard E. Grayson
48,545,409
220,850
0
Martha E. Marcon
47,016,823
1,749,436
0
Donald P. Newell
47,809,437
956,822
0
Donald R. Spuehler
48,406,548
359,711
0

Proposal 2: Approve, on a non-binding discretionary basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers:

Number of Shares
Number of Shares
Number of Shares
 
Voted For
Voted Against
Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
48,416,796
198,006
151,457
0





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.
 
 
 
MERCURY GENERAL CORPORATION
Date: May 16, 2014
 
 
By: 
/s/ Theodore R. Stalick
 
Name:   
Theodore R. Stalick 
 
Its: 
Chief Financial Officer