Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
OnMay 11, 2021 ,Markel Corporation (the Company) received notice thatOscar Guerrero , the Company's principal accounting officer, is resigning from the Company to pursue an opportunity at Nationwide as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Property and Casualty operations.Mr. Guerrero's last day with the Company will beMay 31, 2021 . UponMr. Guerrero's departure,Jeremy A. Noble , the Company's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will assume the Company's principal accounting officer functions, duties and responsibilities. Additional information regardingMr. Noble can be found in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year endedDecember 31, 2020 under "Information About Our Executive Officers". Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. At the Company's 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the 2021 Annual Meeting) held onMay 10, 2021 , shareholders (i) elected directors to the Company's Board of Directors (the Board) to serve until the Company's 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their respective successors are elected, (ii) approved an advisory vote on executive compensation, and (iii) ratified the selection ofKPMG LLP by the Audit Committee of the Board as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year endingDecember 31, 2021 . The results of the 2021 Annual Meeting were as follows: Election of Directors Director For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Mark M. Besca 10,153,680 36,885 5,302 1,483,151 K. Bruce Connell 10,107,909 82,783 5,175 1,483,151 Thomas S. Gayner 9,507,726 629,501 58,640 1,483,151 Greta J. Harris* 10,180,671 10,533 4,663 1,483,151 Diane Leopold 10,098,941 92,451 4,475 1,483,151 Lemuel E. Lewis 9,908,908 281,356 5,603 1,483,151 Anthony F. Markel 9,773,677 417,324 4,866 1,483,151 Steven A. Markel 9,649,822 541,379 4,666 1,483,151 Harold L. Morrison, Jr. 10,113,678 76,702 5,487 1,483,151 Michael O'Reilly 9,954,602 235,697 5,568 1,483,151 A. Lynne Puckett 10,151,585 38,834 5,448 1,483,151 Richard R. Whitt, III 10,066,439 123,956 5,472 1,483,151
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Advisory Vote on Approval of Executive Compensation
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 9,910,834 270,600 14,433 1,483,151
Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 11,122,132 498,110 58,776 N/A 2
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