Form 8-K

 

 

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): May 7, 2014

 

 

CONSOL Energy Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-14901   51-0337383

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

CNX Center

1000 CONSOL Energy Drive

Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 15317

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(724) 485-4000

Not applicable

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

On May 7, 2014, CONSOL Energy Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The final results of the matters voted on at the Annual Meeting are provided below.

Proposal 1: The following individuals were elected as directors to hold office for a one-year term expiring at the annual meeting in 2015 or until their respective successors are elected and qualified:

 

Director Name

   For      Withheld      Broker Non-Votes      Abstain  

J. Brett Harvey

     185,375,007         17,164,228         5,981,237         50   

Nicholas J. DeIuliis

     200,644,567         1,894,668         5,981,237         50   

Philip W. Baxter

     182,821,239         19,717,996         5,981,237         50   

James E. Altmeyer, Sr.

     171,039,380         31,499,855         5,981,237         50   

Alvin R. Carpenter

     200,629,015         1,910,220         5,981,237         50   

William E. Davis

     200,108,225         2,431,010         5,981,237         50   

Raj K. Gupta

     201,136,669         1,402,566         5,981,237         50   

David C. Hardesty, Jr.

     171,425,335         31,113,900         5,981,237         50   

Maureen E. Lally-Green

     201,441,555         1,097,680         5,981,237         50   

John T. Mills

     183,022,365         19,516,670         5,981,237         50   

William P. Powell

     200,435,716         2,103,519         5,981,237         50   

Joseph T. Williams

     182,864,552         19,674,683         5,981,237         50   

Proposal 2: Ernst & Young LLP was ratified as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014.

 

For:

     207,486,599   

Against:

     939,127   

Abstain:

     94,796   

Proposal 3: A non-binding resolution regarding compensation paid to our named executive officers in 2013 was approved.

 

For:

     159,060,902   

Against:

     43,270,098   

Abstain:

     208,285   

Broker Non-Votes:

     5,981,237   

Proposal 4: The shareholder proposal regarding political contributions was rejected.

 

For:

     23,604,800   

Against:

     145,212,847   

Abstain:

     33,721,638   

Broker Non-Votes:

     5,981,237   

Proposal 5: The shareholder proposal regarding a climate change report was rejected.

 

For:

     30,186,155   

Against:

     138,371,318   

Abstain:

     33,981,812   

Broker Non-Votes:

     5,981,237   

Proposal 6: The shareholder proposal regarding an independent board chairman was rejected.

 

For:

     81,730,019   

Against:

     120,690,973   

Abstain:

     118,293   

Broker Non-Votes:

     5,981,237   


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.

 

CONSOL ENERGY INC.
By:  

/s/ Stephen W. Johnson

  Stephen W. Johnson
 

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal

and Corporate Affairs Officer

Dated: May 7, 2014