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 6, 2015

 

 

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 6, 2015, CONSOL Energy Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2015 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 2016 or until their respective successors are elected and qualified:

 

Director Name		For				Withheld				Broker Non-Votes				Abstain
J. Brett Harvey			189,261,414				10,112,199				12,382,628				0
Nicholas J. DeIuliis			198,361,482				1,012,131				12,382,628				0
Philip W. Baxter			195,733,271				3,640,342				12,382,628				0
Alvin R. Carpenter			198,508,856				864,757				12,382,628				0
William E. Davis			182,050,793				17,322,820				12,382,628				0
David C. Hardesty, Jr.			177,829,444				21,544,169				12,382,628				0
Maureen E. Lally-Green			195,828,976				3,544,637				12,382,628				0
Gregory A. Lanham			198,582,661				790,952				12,382,628				0
John T. Mills			197,651,834				1,721,779				12,382,628				0
William P. Powell			195,428,715				3,944,898				12,382,628				0
William N. Thorndike, Jr.			198,572,702				800,911				12,382,628				0

Proposal 2: Ernst & Young LLP was ratified as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.

 

For:			211,270,471
Against:			406,655
Abstain:			79,105

Proposal 3: A non-binding resolution regarding compensation paid to our named executive officers in 2014 was approved.

 

For:			193,907,053
Against:			4,783,592
Abstain:			682,968
Broker Non-Votes:			12,382,628

Proposal 4: The shareholder proposal regarding proxy access was rejected.

 

For:			93,574,378
Against:			105,682,362
Abstain:			116,873
Broker Non-Votes:			12,382,628

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

 

For:			18,814,001
Against:			149,700,826
Abstain:			30,858,786
Broker Non-Votes:			12,382,628

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

 

For:			59,807,255
Against:			139,466,108
Abstain:			100,250
Broker Non-Votes:			12,382,628

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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.

 

Dated: May 6, 2015