(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware
1-31720
30-0168701
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
800 Nicollet Mall
Suite 900
Minneapolis
Minnesota
55402
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(612)
303-6000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class
Trading Symbol
Name of Each Exchange On Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
PIPR
The New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a)The Company’s Annual Meeting was held on May 6, 2022. The holders of 14,187,167 shares of common stock of the Company, constituting 79.22 percent of the outstanding shares entitled to vote as of the record date, were represented at the Annual Meeting either in person or by proxy.
(b) At the Annual Meeting, Chad R. Abraham, Jonathan J. Doyle, William R. Fitzgerald, Victoria M. Holt, Robbin Mitchell, Thomas S. Schreier, Sherry M. Smith, Philip E. Soran, Brian R. Sterling and Scott C. Taylor were elected as directors to serve a one-year term expiring at the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders in 2023. The following table shows the vote totals for each of these individuals:
Name
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Chad R. Abraham
12,972,863
383,011
12,444
Jonathan J. Doyle
13,137,394
219,102
11,822
William R. Fitzgerald
13,207,638
148,161
12,519
Victoria M. Holt
13,203,505
153,668
11,145
Robbin Mitchell
12,860,951
495,790
11,577
Thomas S. Schreier
13,303,775
52,102
12,441
Sherry M. Smith
12,364,785
992,383
11,140
Philip E. Soran
13,203,894
151,507
12,917
Brian R. Sterling
13,312,559
43,831
11,928
Scott C. Taylor
13,254,377
101,585
12,356
Broker non-votes for each director totaled 818,849.
At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders also approved the proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent auditor for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. The following table indicates the specific voting results for this proposal:
Proposal
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent auditor for 2022
14,050,866
122,529
13,772
At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders also cast an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the officers disclosed in the proxy statement, or a “say-on-pay” vote. The following table indicates the specific voting results for this proposal:
Proposal
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Advisory (non-binding) resolution approving the compensation of the officers disclosed in the proxy statement, or a “say-on-pay” vote.
13,035,998
305,864
26,456
Broker non-votes for this proposal totaled 818,849.
SIGNATURE
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.
