SOUTHWEST GAS HOLDINGS, INC. (NYSE:SWX) 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.
Inc. (the Company) was held on May 4, 2017. Holders of
approximately 44,089,302 shares of common stock were represented
in person or by proxy. The Companys shareholders (i) elected each
of the persons listed below to serve as a director of the Company
for a term that will continue until the next annual meeting of
shareholders or until his or her successor has been duly elected
and qualified or the directors earlier resignation, death, or
removal, (ii) approved the Companys Omnibus Incentive Plan, (iii)
approved the advisory vote on named executive officer
compensation, (iv) on an advisory basis, selected the Annual
option for the frequency of the advisory vote on named executive
officer compensation by a plurality of votes cast, and (v)
ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the
Companys independent registered public accounting firm for 2017.
The following tables present the final results of voting on each
of the matters submitted to a vote at the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders:
|
Name
|
For
|
Withheld
|
Broker
Non-votes
|
|
|
Robert L. Boughner
|
38,438,427
|
1,951,280
|
3,699,595
|
|
|
Jos A. Crdenas
|
38,417,296
|
1,972,411
|
3,699,595
|
|
|
Thomas E. Chestnut
|
38,317,842
|
2,071,865
|
3,699,595
|
|
|
Stephen C. Comer
|
38,387,868
|
2,001,838
|
3,699,595
|
|
|
LeRoy C. Hanneman, Jr.
|
38,429,518
|
1,960,189
|
3,699,595
|
|
|
John P. Hester
|
38,440,812
|
1,948,894
|
3,699,595
|
|
|
Anne L. Mariucci
|
38,370,961
|
2,018,746
|
3,699,595
|
|
|
Michael J. Melarkey
|
38,319,137
|
2,070,570
|
3,699,595
|
|
|
A. Randall Thoman
|
38,430,211
|
1,959,496
|
3,699,595
|
|
|
Thomas A. Thomas
|
38,437,092
|
1,952,615
|
3,699,595
|
|
For
|
Against
|
Abstain
|
Broker
Non-votes
|
|
37,251,057
|
2,822,891
|
315,759
|
3,699,595
|
compensation.
|
For
|
Against
|
Abstain
|
Broker
Non-votes
|
|
37,610,184
|
2,432,426
|
347,097
|
3,699,595
|
vote on executive compensation.
|
Annual
|
Biennial
|
Triennial
|
Abstain
|
Broker
Non-votes
|
|
33,238,678
|
203,670
|
6,531,873
|
415,485
|
3,699,595
|
vote and the vote of approximately 75% of the Company’s shares
in favor of an annual vote, our board of directors has decided to
continue to hold the advisory vote on executive compensation
annually.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public
accounting firm for the Company for fiscal year 2017.
|
For
|
Against
|
Abstain
|
|
|
43,589,959
|
286,949
|
212,394
|
|
(d)
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Exhibits.
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
|
|
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10.1
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Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan.
Incorporated herein by reference to Appendix B to the Proxy Statement dated March 27, 2017, File No. 1-37976. |
About SOUTHWEST GAS HOLDINGS, INC. (NYSE:SWX)
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc., formerly Southwest Gas Corporation, is engaged in the business of purchasing, distributing and transporting natural gas. The Company operates through two segments: natural gas operations and construction services, which includes the operations of the Company’s subsidiary, Centuri Construction Group, Inc. (Centuri). The Company operates two pipeline transmission systems, such as a system, which includes a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage facility owned by Paiute extending from the Idaho-Nevada border to the Reno, Sparks, and Carson City areas and communities in the Lake Tahoe area in both California and Nevada and other communities in northern and western Nevada, and a system extending from the Colorado River at the southern tip of Nevada to the Las Vegas distribution area. SOUTHWEST GAS HOLDINGS, INC. (NYSE:SWX) Recent Trading Information
SOUTHWEST GAS HOLDINGS, INC. (NYSE:SWX) closed its last trading session up +0.24 at 80.70 with 282,866 shares trading hands.
