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 25, 2018

 

AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

 

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Item 5.07      Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The 2018 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company was held on April 25, 2018. At the meeting, the holders of 131,254,090 shares of common stock, which represents approximately 90 percent of the 146,092,637 outstanding shares entitled to vote as of the February 28, 2018 record date, were represented in person or by proxy. Detailed voting results are set forth below.

 

Item 1 – Election of the Eight Director Nominees Named Below. The stockholders elected each director nominee for a term of one year to expire at the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified. The voting results were as follows:

 

Name		Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
James M. Cracchiolo		116,069,330		2,061,454		1,617,748		11,505,558
Dianne Neal Blixt		117,919,458		1,697,252		131,822		11,505,558
Amy DiGeso		117,823,682		1,793,171		131,679		11,505,558
Lon R. Greenberg		117,625,210		1,812,848		310,474		11,505,558
Jeffrey Noddle		116,032,546		3,564,860		151,126		11,505,558
Robert F. Sharpe, Jr.		115,071,121		4,544,602		132,809		11,505,558
Christopher J. Williams		118,640,758		784,036		323,738		11,505,558
W. Edward Walter		119,375,533		218,958		154,041		11,505,558

 

Item 2 – Nonbinding Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of Named Executive Officers. The stockholders did not approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of its named executive officers.

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
29,142,334		86,018,916		4,587,282		11,505,558

 

 

Item 3 –  Ratification of Audit Committee’s Selection of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2018. The stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2018.

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions
128,949,332		2,023,321		281,437

 

 

Item 4 - Shareholder Proposal Relating to Political Contributions and Expenditures. The stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal relating to political contributions and expenditures.

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
45,581,145		71,882,020		2,285,367		11,505,558

 

 

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.

 

 

 

	AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
	(Registrant)
Date: April 27, 2018	By	/s/ Thomas R. Moore
		Thomas R. Moore
		Vice President, Chief Governance Officer
		and Corporate Secretary