Current Report Filing (8-k)

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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 3, 2022

SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New Jersey

001-33067

22-2168890

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

40 Wantage Avenue, Branchville, New Jersey 07890

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code [phone]

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class			Trading Symbol (s)			Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $2 per share			SIGI			The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of 4.60% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B, without par value			SIGIP			The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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).

                                                                            Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

                                                    

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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

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

Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 3, 2022. Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders. For more information about the proposals set forth below, please see the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement”).

1.    The Company’s stockholders elected each of the sixteen director nominees to serve on the Board of Directors for a term of one year, as follows:

Director			For			Against			Abstain			Broker Non-Votes
Ainar D. Aijala, Jr.			51,285,637			270,397			66,634			3,434,367
Lisa Rojas Bacus			49,824,461			1,729,181			69,026			3,434,367
John C. Burville			50,822,024			734,457			66,187			3,434,367
Terrence W. Cavanaugh			51,262,919			294,187			65,562			3,434,367
Wole C. Coaxum			49,936,995			1,617,666			68,007			3,434,367
Robert Kelly Doherty			51,196,358			360,343			65,967			3,434,367
John J. Marchioni			50,336,911			1,233,958			51,799			3,434,367
Thomas A. McCarthy			51,338,009			217,898			66,761			3,434,367
Stephen C. Mills			51,303,974			251,103			67,591			3,434,367
H. Elizabeth Mitchell			49,890,492			1,664,986			67,190			3,434,367
Michael J. Morrissey			49,636,067			1,920,008			66,593			3,434,367
Cynthia S. Nicholson			48,621,949			2,935,144			65,575			3,434,367
William M. Rue			50,746,671			825,972			50,025			3,434,367
John S. Scheid			51,323,048			234,051			65,569			3,434,367
J. Brian Thebault			48,045,034			3,441,728			135,906			3,434,367
Philip H. Urban			49,964,059			1,590,160			68,449			3,434,367

2.    The Company’s stockholders voted to approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the 2021 compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, as follows:

For			Against			Abstain			Broker Non-Votes
50,982,433			428,309			211,926			3,434,367

3.    The Company’s stockholders voted to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, as follows:

For			Against			Abstain			Broker Non-Votes
53,893,479			1,097,575			65,981			0

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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.

						SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP, INC.
Date:			May 6, 2022			By:			/s/ Michael H. Lanza
									Michael H. Lanza
									Executive Vice President and General Counsel