ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION (NYSE:ATO) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security HoldersItem 5.07.Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the company’s 2018 annual meeting of shareholders on February 7, 2018, of the 110,958,181 total shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote,a total of 99,823,932 shares were represented, constituting an 89.96% quorum. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of our shareholders at the annual meeting are as follows:
Proposal No. 1: All of the board’s nominees for director were elected by our shareholders to serve until the company’s 2019 annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below:
|
Nominee |
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
|
Robert W. Best |
82,442,602 |
1,160,251 |
111,953 |
16,109,126 |
|
Kim R. Cocklin |
82,715,481 |
794,870 |
204,455 |
16,109,126 |
|
Kelly H. Compton |
83,201,671 |
388,703 |
124,432 |
16,109,126 |
|
Richard W. Douglas |
82,803,961 |
787,686 |
123,159 |
16,109,126 |
|
Ruben E. Esquivel |
83,187,499 |
401,715 |
125,592 |
16,109,126 |
|
Rafael G. Garza |
83,186,371 |
404,092 |
124,343 |
16,109,126 |
|
Richard K. Gordon |
81,843,880 |
1,753,212 |
117,714 |
16,109,126 |
|
Robert C. Grable |
82,909,227 |
685,687 |
119,892 |
16,109,126 |
|
Michael E. Haefner |
83,124,095 |
475,158 |
115,553 |
16,109,126 |
|
Nancy K. Quinn |
82,555,484 |
1,049,253 |
110,069 |
16,109,126 |
|
Richard A. Sampson |
83,297,499 |
298,761 |
118,546 |
16,109,126 |
|
Stephen R. Springer |
82,508,284 |
1,093,350 |
113,172 |
16,109,126 |
|
Richard Ware II |
82,118,775 |
1,471,264 |
124,767 |
16,109,126 |
Proposal No. 2: The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2018 was ratified by our shareholders, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below:
|
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
|
98,569,791 |
1,080,583 |
173,558 |
-0- |
Proposal No. 3: Our shareholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers for fiscal 2017, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below:
|
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
|
72,849,526 |
10,522,861 |
342,419 |
16,109,126 |
Item 8.01.Other Events.
On February 7, 2018, the independent directors of the company’s board designated director Richard K. Gordon as Lead Director.
About ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION (NYSE:ATO)
Atmos Energy Corporation is engaged primarily in the regulated natural gas distribution and pipeline businesses, as well as other nonregulated natural gas businesses. The Company operates through three segments: regulated distribution segment, which includes its regulated distribution and related sales operations; regulated pipeline segment, which includes the pipeline and storage operations of its Atmos Pipeline-Texas Division, and nonregulated segment, which includes its nonregulated natural gas management, nonregulated natural gas transmission, storage and other services. The Company’s nonregulated businesses provide natural gas management, marketing, transportation and storage services to municipalities, local gas distribution companies, including certain of its natural gas distribution divisions and industrial customers principally in the Midwest and Southeast.