Form 8-K

8-K — GENWORTH FINANCIAL INC

Accession: 0001276520-26-000029

Filed: 2026-05-21

Period: 2026-05-20

CIK: 0001276520

SIC: 6311 (LIFE INSURANCE)

Item: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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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

May 20, 2026

Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported)

___________________________________________________________

GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

___________________________________________________________

Delaware

001-32195

80-0873306

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation) (Commission

File Number) (I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

11011 West Broad Street, Glen Allen, Virginia

23060

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(804) 281-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(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):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

Title of each class Trading

Symbol Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, par value $.001 per share GNW New York Stock Exchange

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 o

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. o

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

At the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders of Genworth Financial, Inc. (“Genworth”), held on May 20, 2026, the holders of Genworth’s Common Stock entitled to vote at the meeting (1) elected all ten of the director nominees for the ensuing year, (2) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Genworth’s named executive officers, (3) approved the 2026 Genworth Financial, Inc. Associate Stock Purchase Plan, and (4) ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as Genworth’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026.

The final voting results were as follows:

Proposal 1

Election of ten directors

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

G. Kent Conrad

300,269,224 14,013,603 725,096 30,908,201

Karen E. Dyson

305,435,820 8,848,139 723,964 30,908,201

Jill R. Goodman

306,447,780 7,774,792 785,351 30,908,201

Melina E. Higgins

302,173,874 12,106,978 727,071 30,908,201

Thomas J. McInerney

305,112,012 9,210,376 685,535 30,908,201

Howard D. Mills, III

306,642,543 7,639,248 726,132 30,908,201

Robert P. Restrepo Jr.

306,616,283 7,665,551 726,089 30,908,201

Elaine A. Sarsynski

306,749,032 7,528,670 730,221 30,908,201

Ramsey D. Smith

306,779,465 7,442,309 786,149 30,908,201

Steven C. Van Wyk

306,516,593 7,757,493 733,837 30,908,201

Proposal 2

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions

Broker

Non-Votes

Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation 303,193,071 10,747,307 1,067,545 30,908,201

Proposal 3

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker

Non-Votes

Approval of the 2026 Genworth Financial, Inc. Associate Stock Purchase Plan 307,109,681 6,845,268 1,052,974 30,908,201

Proposal 4

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions

Broker

Non-Votes

Ratification of the selection of KPMG

LLP as the independent registered

public accounting firm for 2026 333,181,180 7,183,102 5,551,842

N/A

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.

GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC.

Date: May 21, 2026 By: /s/ Michael J. McCullough

Michael J. McCullough

Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary

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