Form 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

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)

 

 

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

 

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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