JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:JBLU) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:JBLU) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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

On May 18, 2017, the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the Annual
Meeting) of JetBlue Airways Corporation (the Company) was held.
There were 333,567,490 shares of common stock entitled to be
voted, and 308,041,545 shares present in person or represented by
proxy at the Annual Meeting. The stockholders of the Company
voted on four items:
1.
To elect ten directors nominated by the Board of Directors
to serve until the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders;
2.
To ratify the selection of Ernst Young LLP as the Companys
independent registered public accounting firm for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2017;
3.
To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the
Companys named executive officers; and
4.
To approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of the
advisory votes on named executive officer compensation.
All matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting were approved. The
results are as follows:
1.
>The nominees for director received the following votes:
NAME
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAIN
BROKER NON-VOTES
Peter Boneparth
255,856,671
3,150,601
201,762
48,832,511
David Checketts
255,171,877
3,833,299
203,858
48,832,511
Virginia Gambale
255,522,625
3,509,021
177,388
48,832,511
Stephan Gemkow
250,982,677
8,019,715
206,642
48,832,511
Robin Hayes
255,749,332
3,313,812
145,890
48,832,511
Ellen Jewett
255,873,441
3,158,250
177,343
48,832,511
Stanley McChrystal
255,394,360
3,627,063
187,611
48,832,511
Joel Peterson
254,944,426
4,076,080
188,528
48,832,511
Frank Sica
249,001,501
10,002,009
205,524
48,832,511
Thomas Winkelmann
255,872,512
3,122,207
214,315
48,832,511
2.
The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst Young LLP
as the Companys independent registered public accounting
firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 was
approved based upon the following votes received:
Votes For
305,066,685
Votes Against
2,480,083
Abstentions
494,777
There were no broker non-votes for this item.
3.
The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the
compensation of the Companys named executive officers was
approved based upon the following votes received:
Votes For
251,499,443
Votes Against
7,181,227
Abstentions
528,364
Broker non-votes
48,832,511
4.
The stockholders voted, on an advisory basis, to hold
future advisory votes to approve the compensation of the
Companys named executive officers as follows:
ONE YEAR
TWO YEAR
THREE YEAR
ABSTAIN
BROKER NON-VOTES
218,640,584
625,439
39,555,360
387,651
48,832,511
On May 18, 2017, following the Companys Annual Meeting, and in
light of (1) managements recommendation of an ANNUAL frequency
for future advisory votes to approve the compensation of the
Companys named executive officers and (2) considering the strong
support for an annual vote as reflected in the voting results,
the Board of Directors of the Company determined that the Company
will hold future advisory votes to approve the compensation of
the Companys named executive officers annually until the matter
is again submitted to the Companys stockholders for a vote.


About JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:JBLU)

JetBlue Airways Corporation is a passenger carrier company. The Company provides air transportation services across the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America. It operates various types of aircrafts, including Airbus A321, Airbus A320 and Embraer E190. It also provides premium transcontinental product called Mint. Mint includes approximately 20 fully lie-flat seats, over four of which are in suites with a privacy door. The Company has installed Fly-Fi in-flight Internet service across its Airbus fleet. The Company provides three branded fares: Blue, Blue Plus and Blue Flex. Each of these fares includes different offerings, such as free checked bags, reduced change fees and additional TrueBlue points. The Company also accepts Apple Pay in-flight, which enables the iPhone users to use their phones for all onboard purchases. Its Airbus A321 aircraft in a single cabin layout has approximately 190 seats and those with Mint offering have over 160 seats.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:JBLU) Recent Trading Information

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:JBLU) closed its last trading session up +0.51 at 22.08 with 3,617,294 shares trading hands.