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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 15, 2014 (May 13, 2014)



LOEWS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



   
Delaware
   
1-6541
   
13-2646102
(State or other jurisdiction
   
(Commission
   
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
   
File Number)
   
Identification No.)



667 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y.    
10065-8087
(Address of principal executive offices)    
(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   
(212) 521-2000



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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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

Set forth below is information relating to the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Registrant.

The Annual Meeting was called to order at 11:00 A.M., May 13, 2014. Represented at the meeting, in person or by proxy, were shares representing 356,063,256 votes, approximately 92% of the votes represented by issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote.
 
The following business was transacted:

Election of Directors

Over 85% of the votes cast for directors were voted for the election of the following directors. The number of votes for, against and abstained and all shares as to which brokers indicated that they did not have the authority to vote (“Broker Non-Votes”) with respect to each director were as follows:

      
Votes For
Votes Against
Votes Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
     
                                         
 
Lawrence S. Bacow
332,303,997
780,431
 
434,924
22,543,904
Ann E. Berman
332,338,586
750,711
 
430,055
22,543,904
Joseph L. Bower
330,522,801
2,697,013
 
299,538
22,543,904
Charles M. Diker
331,066,140
2,161,255
 
291,957
22,543,904
Jacob A. Frenkel
285,592,857
47,617,193
 
309,302
22,543,904
Paul J. Fribourg
320,276,736
12,771,313
 
471,303
22,543,904
Walter L. Harris
284,536,930
48,674,211
 
308,211
22,543,904
Philip A. Laskawy
330,281,348
2,928,785
 
309,219
22,543,904
Ken Miller
332,356,311
732,682
 
430,359
22,543,904
Andrew H. Tisch
300,432,737
32,181,452
 
905,163
22,543,904
James S. Tisch
324,549,239
8,495,386
 
474,727
22,543,904
Jonathan M. Tisch
320,613,705
12,430,659
 
474,988
22,543,904
Anthony Welters
331,530,914
1,499,122
 
489,316
22,543,904

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

Approved – 320,194,783 votes, approximately 96.0% of the votes cast, voted, in an advisory vote, to approve the compensation of the executive officers of the Registrant named in its proxy statement dated March 31, 2014. 11,404,584 votes, approximately 3.4% of the votes cast, voted against, and shares representing 1,919,985 votes, approximately 0.6% of the votes cast, abstained. In addition, there were 22,543,904 Broker Non-Votes.

Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Auditors

Approved – 354,230,121 votes, approximately 99.5% of the votes cast, voted to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as independent auditors for the Registrant. 1,573,849 votes, approximately 0.4% of the votes cast, voted against, and shares representing 259,286 votes, approximately 0.1% of the votes cast, abstained.

 

 
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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.

   
LOEWS CORPORATION
   
(Registrant)
   
   
   
   
   
   
Dated:  May 15, 2014
By:
/s/ Gary W. Garson
   
 
Gary W. Garson
   
 
Senior Vice President
   
General Counsel
   
and Secretary



 
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