VECTREN CORPORATION (NYSE:VVC) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

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VECTREN CORPORATION (NYSE:VVC) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
Arrangements of Certain Officers

Vectren Corporation confirmed that board member Martin C. Jischke
did not stand for reelection at the Company’s Annual Meeting of
Shareholders held on May 16, 2017. Under the board’s retirement
policy, Dr. Jischke had reached the age where he was not eligible
to stand for reelection. Dr. Jischke was a member of the Boards
Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Committee and the
Boards Compensation and Benefits Committee.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“Annual Meeting”) of
Vectren Corporation (the Company) was held on May 16, 2017. At
the Annual Meeting, four proposals were submitted to, and
approved by, the Company’s shareholders. In addition, with
respect to the interval at which the Company seeks shareholders’
approval of the compensation of its named executive officers, the
Company will hold future say on pay votes on an annual basis
until the occurrence of the next advisory vote on the frequency
of say on pay votes, which will occur no later than the
Company’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders. All proposals are
described in more detail in the Company’s proxy statement filed
with the Commission on March 24, 2017. The final voting results
were as follows:
Proposal 1
For the election of the following named persons as directors of
the Company to serve, respectively, as such directors for a
one-year term and/or until their successors shall be duly elected
and shall qualify, as follows:
Nominee
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Carl L. Chapman
58,037,587
1,328,429
15,182,066
James H. DeGraffenreidt, Jr.
58,949,694
416,322
15,182,066
John D. Engelbrecht
58,742,442
623,574
15,182,066
Anton H. George
58,128,288
1,237,729
15,182,066
Robert G. Jones
58,956,865
409,151
15,182,066
Patrick K. Mullen
58,926,535
439,481
15,182,066
R. Daniel Sadlier
58,631,440
734,576
15,182,066
Michael L. Smith
58,767,234
598,782
15,182,066
Teresa J. Tanner
58,933,031
432,985
15,182,066
Jean L. Wojtowicz
58,606,665
759,351
15,182,066
Proposal 2
Approve a non-binding advisory resolution approving the
compensation of the Vectren Corporation named executive officers:
Votes For
Votes Against
Votes Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
56,953,791
1,706,392
705,834
15,182,066
Proposal 3
Approve on a non-binding advisory basis the frequency of the
shareholder vote on the compensation of the Vectren Corporation
named executive officers:
1 Year
2 Years
3 Years
Votes Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
50,161,465
343,254
8,320,969
540,328
15,182,066
Proposal 4
Ratify the appointment of Deloitte Touche, LLP as the independent
registered public accounting firm for Vectren Corporation and its
subsidiaries for 2017:
Votes For
Votes Against
Votes Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
73,665,438
567,513
315,131


About VECTREN CORPORATION (NYSE:VVC)

Vectren Corporation (Vectren) is an energy holding Company. The Company segregates its operations into groups, including the Utility Group, the Nonutility Group, and Corporate and Other. The Company’s subsidiary, Vectren Utility Holdings, Inc. (Utility Holdings or VUHI), serves as the intermediate holding company for three public utilities: Indiana Gas Company, Inc. (Indiana Gas), Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company (SIGECO) and Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, Inc. (VEDO). The Company, through Vectren Enterprises Inc. (Enterprises), is involved in non-utility activities in two primary business areas: Infrastructure Services and Energy Services. Infrastructure Services provides underground pipeline construction and repair services. Energy Services provides energy performance contracting and sustainable infrastructure, such as renewables, distributed generation, and combined heat and power projects.

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