(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 21, 2021. The holders of 16,813,096 shares of common stock of the Company, constituting 92 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, 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 2022. The following table shows the vote totals for each of these individuals:
Name
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Chad R. Abraham
15,335,217
507,925
75,632
Jonathan J. Doyle
15,115,561
752,668
50,545
William R. Fitzgerald
15,611,589
290,540
16,645
Victoria M. Holt
15,676,883
225,348
16,543
Thomas S. Schreier
15,708,656
193,019
17,099
Sherry M. Smith
15,551,665
350,799
16,310
Philip S. Soran
15,600,267
301,871
16,636
Brian R. Sterling
15,301,913
561,244
55,617
Scott C. Taylor
15,587,672
318,067
13,035
Broker non-votes for each director totaled 894,322.
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, 2021. 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 2021
16,702,176
99,451
11,469
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.
11,380,708
4,056,344
481,722
Broker non-votes for this proposal totaled 894,322.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
104
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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.