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): April 26, 2011
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| Missouri | 2-40764 | 44-0308260 | ||
| (State of incorporation) | (Commission file number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 3520 Broadway | ||||
| Kansas City, Missouri | 64111-2565 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Telephone Number: (816) 753-7000
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
| (a) | The annual meeting of stockholders of Kansas City Life Insurance Company was held on April 21, 2011. |
| (b) | The results, with respect to the three items voted upon at the annual meeting of stockholders, are set forth below. |
Item 1. Election of Directors.
Five board nominees for director were elected by a majority of the votes cast for terms expiring at the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders. The voting results are as follows:
| Nominee |
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
||||||||||||
| Walter E. Bixby |
8,751,981 | 563,743 | 39,915 | 434,355 | ||||||||||||
| Kevin G. Barth |
9,157,447 | 158,277 | 39,915 | 434,355 | ||||||||||||
| James T. Carr |
9,159,728 | 155,896 | 39,915 | 434,355 | ||||||||||||
| Nancy Bixby Hudson |
9,152,898 | 162,826 | 39,915 | 434,355 | ||||||||||||
| William A. Schalekamp |
9,152,878 | 162,846 | 39,915 | 434,355 | ||||||||||||
Item 2. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation.
The Company’s stockholders approved by advisory vote the following resolution on executive compensation:
RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to the company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Disclosure and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion is hereby APPROVED.
The results of the vote are as follows:
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 9,029,066 |
225,669 | 111,644 | 394,440 |
Item 3. Frequency of Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation.
The Company’s stockholders approved by advisory vote that the company use a frequency of “once every three years” for future advisory votes on executive compensation. The results of the vote are as follows:
| Every Year |
Every Two Years |
Every Three Years |
Abstentions | |||
| 1,133,080 |
33,443 | 8,231,846 | 112,976 |
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (Registrant) |
| By: | /s/ A. Craig Mason, Jr. | |
| A. Craig Mason, Jr. | ||
| Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
April 26, 2011