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): May 12, 2016
 
 
 
Invesco Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
         
Bermuda
 
001-13908
 
  98-0557567
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
     
1555 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, Georgia
 
30309
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (404) 892-0896
 
n/a
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
 
 
 
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Item 5.02
 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 

The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual General Meeting”) of Invesco Ltd. (the “Company”) was held on May 12, 2016.  At the Annual General Meeting, the shareholders of the Company approved the 2016 Global Equity Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”). Employees, officers, directors and consultants selected by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors and management are eligible to participate in the 2016 Plan, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and our other named executive officers. A total of 21,700,000 shares of the Company’s common stock are reserved and available for issuance pursuant to awards granted under the 2016 Plan. A description of the material terms of the 2016 Plan was included in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (File No. 001-13908) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2016 (the "Proxy Statement"), and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 5.07
 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
Proxies for the Annual General Meeting were solicited pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and there was no solicitation in opposition to the Board's solicitations. At this meeting, the shareholders were requested to: (1) elect seven members of the Board of Directors, (2) approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, (3) approve the Invesco Ltd. 2016 Global Equity Incentive Plan, and (4) appoint the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, all of which were described in the Proxy Statement. The following actions were taken by the Company's shareholders with respect to each of the foregoing items:
 
1.   Election of a Board of Directors. All the nominees for director were re-elected with at least 97.66% of the votes cast. With respect to each nominee, the total number of broker non-votes was 28,809,274. The table below sets forth the voting results for each director.
 
 
Name of Nominee
Votes Cast “For”
Votes Cast “Against”
Abstentions
 
Joseph R. Canion
322,688,852
4,070,475
227,395
Martin L. Flanagan
325,193,916
1,573,447
219,359
C. Robert Henrikson
319,267,198
7,498,291
221,233
Ben F. Johnson III
320,386,668
6,373,090
226,964
Edward P. Lawrence
319,097,671
7,662,002
227,049
Sir Nigel Sheinwald
320,711,270
6,054,327
221,125
Phoebe A. Wood
319,619,510
7,150,010
217,202

2.   Advisory vote on executive compensation.   Our shareholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers by the affirmative vote of 79.68% of the votes cast. The total number of broker non-votes was 28,809,274. The table below sets forth the voting results.
 

Votes Cast “For”
Votes Cast “Against”
Abstentions
260,309,294
66,377,572
299,856


3.   Approval of Invesco Ltd. 2016 Global Equity Incentive Plan.   The proposal was approved by shareholders by 90.64% of the votes cast. The total number of broker non-votes was 28,809,274. The table below sets forth the voting results.
 

Votes Cast “For”
Votes Cast “Against”
Abstentions
296,250,349
30,586,570
149,803


4.   Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. The proposal was approved by the shareholders by 96.61% of the votes cast, and the voting results were as follows. There were no broker non-votes.
 
 
Votes Cast “For”
Votes Cast “Against”
Abstentions
343,440,844
12,055,220
299,932



 
 
 


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.

 
  Invesco Ltd.  
       
 
By:
/s/ Robert H. Rigsby  
    Name: Robert H. Rigsby  
    Title: Managing Director and Assistant Secretary  
       

 

 
Date: May 13, 2016
 

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