UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 22, 2018 (June 21, 2018)

 

EQT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Pennsylvania

 

1-3551

 

25-0464690

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(412) 553-5700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

NONE

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

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

 

At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of EQT Corporation (the Company) held on June 21, 2018 (the Annual Meeting), the Company’s shareholders considered three proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2018 (the Proxy Statement).  The final vote results for each proposal were as follows:

 

 

 

Shares

 

% Cast

 

Shares

 

% Cast

 

Shares

 

Broker

 

Proposal 1*

 

For

 

For

 

Against

 

Against

 

Abstained

 

Non-Votes

 

Elected the individuals set forth below to the Board of Directors to serve a one-year term expiring at the 2019 annual meeting:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·             Vicky A. Bailey

 

195,929,663

 

95.23

%

8,363,532

 

4.06

%

1,453,329

 

24,212,094

 

·             Philip G. Behrman, Ph.D.

 

202,664,840

 

98.5

%

1,639,504

 

0.80

%

1,442,180

 

24,212,094

 

·             Kenneth M. Burke

 

203,149,823

 

98.73

%

1,143,919

 

0.56

%

1,452,782

 

24,212,094

 

·             A. Bray Cary, Jr.

 

190,022,460

 

92.36

%

14,281,316

 

6.94

%

1,442,748

 

24,212,094

 

·             Margaret K. Dorman

 

203,134,585

 

98.73

%

1,180,799

 

0.57

%

1,431,140

 

24,212,094

 

·             Thomas F. Karam

 

203,124,935

 

98.73

%

1,176,954

 

0.57

%

1,444,635

 

24,212,094

 

·             David L. Porges

 

196,955,110

 

95.72

%

7,298,896

 

3.55

%

1,492,518

 

24,212,094

 

·             Daniel J. Rice IV

 

202,715,529

 

98.52

%

1,554,665

 

0.76

%

1,476,330

 

24,212,094

 

·             James E. Rohr

 

182,270,769

 

88.59

%

22,030,901

 

10.71

%

1,444,854

 

24,212,094

 

·             Norman J. Szydlowski

 

197,701,456

 

96.09

%

6,551,593

 

3.18

%

1,493,475

 

24,212,094

 

·             Stephen A. Thorington

 

203,120,136

 

98.72

%

1,149,562

 

0.56

%

1,476,826

 

24,212,094

 

·             Lee T. Todd, Jr., Ph.D.

 

182,504,719

 

88.71

%

21,796,942

 

10.59

%

1,444,863

 

24,212,094

 

·             Christine J. Toretti

 

202,780,869

 

98.55

%

1,533,661

 

0.75

%

1,431,994

 

24,212,094

 

·             Robert F. Vagt

 

203,206,395

 

98.76

%

1,102,682

 

0.54

%

1,437,447

 

24,212,094

 

 

Proposal 2*

 

Shares
For

 

% Cast
For

 

Shares
Against

 

% Cast
Against

 

Shares
Abstained

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

Approved a non-binding resolution regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for 2017.

 

197,357,262

 

95.92

%

6,760,276

 

3.29

%

1,628,986

 

24,212,094

 

 

Proposal 3*

 

Shares
For

 

% Cast
For

 

Shares
Against

 

% Cast
Against

 

Shares
Abstained

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

Ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2018.

 

225,438,947

 

98.04

%

3,068,610

 

1.33

%

1,451,061

 

N/A

 

 


* For purposes of all Proposals above, abstentions, broker non-votes and the failure to vote are not votes cast and, accordingly, have no effect on the outcome of such proposals.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

EQT CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  June 22, 2018

 

By:

    /s/ Robert J. McNally

 

 

Name:

Robert J. McNally

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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