Edgar Filing: GALLAGHER ARTHUR J & CO

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Date: June 1, 2015

/s/ WALTER D. BAY

Walter D. Bay

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

8-K

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

June 1, 2015

Date of Report: (Date of earliest event reported)

ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-9761

36-2151613

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

Two Pierce Place, Itasca, Illinois 60143-3141, (630) 773-3800

(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (“Gallagher”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 1, 2015 (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, five items were submitted to Gallagher’s stockholders. The items are described in more detail in Gallagher’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2015. The final voting results are set forth below:

Item 1: Election of nine directors, each to serve for a one-year term until Gallagher’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:


Directors	For		Against		Abstain		*Broker Non-Votes
Sherry S. Barrat		138,984,615		424,607		29,971		16,214,621
William L. Bax		138,351,211		1,059,370		28,612		16,214,621
D. John Coldman		138,590,378		818,606		30,209		16,214,621
Frank E. English, Jr.		138,442,387		967,198		29,608		16,214,621
J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr.		135,874,762		2,959,065		605,366		16,214,621
Elbert O. Hand		138,489,811		915,119		34,263		16,214,621
David S. Johnson		132,755,102		6,654,379		29,712		16,214,621
Kay W. McCurdy		138,878,927		532,513		27,753		16,214,621
Norman L. Rosenthal		138,435,411		962,869		40,913		16,214,621


	For		Against		Abstain		*Broker Non-Votes
Item 2: Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Gallagher’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015		152,499,199		3,117,286		37,329		—

Item 3: Approval of the Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Employee Stock Purchase Plan		137,982,796		1,385,958		70,439		16,214,621

Item 4: Approval of the Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Senior Management Incentive Plan		135,365,562		2,377,891		1,695,740		16,214,621

Item 5: Advisory Vote on the Compensation of Gallagher’s Named Executive Officers		136,596,844		2,722,290		120,059		16,214,621

* Broker non-votes represent shares held by broker nominees for beneficial owners that were not voted with respect to a non-routine proposal because the broker nominee did not receive voting instructions from the beneficial owner and lacked discretionary authority to vote the shares. If a broker does not receive voting instructions from the beneficial owner, a broker may vote on routine matters, such as the ratification of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, but may not vote on non-routine matters. Broker non-votes are counted for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum but are not counted for the purpose of determining the number of shares entitled to vote on non-routine matters such as the election of Directors, approval of the Gallagher Employee Stock Purchase Plan, approval of the Gallagher Senior Management Incentive Plan and the advisory vote on the compensation of Gallagher’s named executive officers.

Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

The slides containing information presented at the Annual Meeting are furnished as Exhibit 99 to this report. This exhibit may also be accessed at Gallagher’s website (www.ajg.com) under the heading Investor Relations.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.



99		Slides presented at the Annual Meeting.

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.