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):  June 16, 2010

 

ONEBEACON INSURANCE GROUP, LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Bermuda

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)

 

1-33128

(Commission File Number)

 

98-0503315

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

601 Carlson Parkway

Minnetonka, Minnesota  55305

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(952) 852-2431

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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ITEM 5.07                                       SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

OneBeacon Insurance Group, Ltd. (the “Company”) held its 2010 Annual General Meeting of Members (the “2010 Annual Meeting”) on June 16, 2010 in Hamilton Parish, Bermuda.  At the 2010 Annual Meeting:

 

(1)               four persons were elected to serve as Class I directors of the Company to a term ending in 2013; and

(2)               the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2010 was approved.

 

As of April 1, 2010, the record date for the 2010 Annual Meeting, a total of 23,368,400 Class A Common Shares and 71,754,738 Class B Common Shares were issued and outstanding.  The results of the vote are presented below.

 

Proposal 1 — Election of four Class I directors with a term ending in 2013.

 

Director

 

Votes For*

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Lois W. Grady

 

737,391,607

 

1,594,999

 

1,236,861

 

T. Michael Miller

 

725,015,526

 

13,971,080

 

1,236,861

 

Lowndes A. Smith

 

738,382,970

 

603,606

 

1,236,861

 

Kent D. Urness

 

738,372,341

 

614,265

 

1,236,861

 

 

Proposal 2 — Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2010.

 

Votes For*

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

740,106,749

 

87,542

 

29,176

 

 

*Each Class B Common Share is entitled to 10 votes for every one share; the totals shown above give effect to the 10 for 1 Class B Common Share voting rights.  The Class A and Class B shares vote together as one class.

 

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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.

 

 

ONEBEACON INSURANCE GROUP, LTD.

 

 

 

Date:  June 21, 2010

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jane E. Freedman

 

 

Jane E. Freedman

 

 

Secretary

 

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