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SOUTHWEST GAS HOLDINGS, INC. (NYSE:SWX) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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.

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Southwest Gas Holdings,
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:
Proposal 1. The election of ten (10) directors.
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
Proposal 2. Approval of Omnibus Incentive Plan.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker
Non-votes
37,251,057
2,822,891
315,759
3,699,595
Proposal 3. Advisory vote to approve the Companys executive
compensation.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker
Non-votes
37,610,184
2,432,426
347,097
3,699,595
Proposal 4. The advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory
vote on executive compensation.
Annual
Biennial
Triennial
Abstain
Broker
Non-votes
33,238,678
203,670
6,531,873
415,485
3,699,595
Based on its recommendation to shareholders in favor of an annual
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.
Proposal 5. The ratification of the selection of
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
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description
10.1
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.

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