UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 20, 2020

Commission File Number	Exact Name of Each Registrant as specified in its charter; State of Incorporation; Address; and Telephone Number			IRS Employer Identification No.
1-8962	PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION			86-0512431
	(an Arizona corporation)
	400 North Fifth Street, P.O. Box 53999
	Phoenix	Arizona	85072-3999
	(602)	250-1000

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:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock	PNW	The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

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

On May 20, 2020, at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (the “Company”), the following items set forth in our Proxy Statement were voted upon:

Item 1. The nominees listed below were elected directors with the respective votes set forth opposite their names:

NUMBER OF VOTES

	FOR	WITHHELD	BROKER NON-VOTE
Glynis A. Bryan	73,847,482	16,069,938	7,750,705
Denis A. Cortese, M.D.	88,821,280	1,096,140	7,750,705
Richard P. Fox	87,584,945	2,332,475	7,750,705
Jeffrey B. Guldner	84,029,100	5,888,320	7,750,705
Dale E. Klein, Ph.D.	89,409,090	508,330	7,750,705
Humberto S. Lopez	86,254,786	3,662,634	7,750,705
Kathryn L. Munro	83,332,288	6,585,132	7,750,705
Bruce J. Nordstrom	83,951,875	5,965,545	7,750,705
Paula J. Sims	89,466,000	451,420	7,750,705
James E. Trevathan, Jr.	88,853,297	1,064,123	7,750,705
David P. Wagener	89,493,517	423,903	7,750,705

Item 2. The advisory resolution to approve executive compensation, as disclosed in the 2020 Proxy Statement, was approved, with the following votes cast:

NUMBER OF VOTES

FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN	BROKER NON-VOTE
84,232,459	5,053,175	631,786	7,750,705

Item 3. The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent accountant for the year ending December 31, 2020 was ratified, with the following votes cast:

NUMBER OF VOTES

FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN
92,071,657	5,339,052	257,416

Item 4. The shareholder proposal asking the Company to amend its governing documents to reduce the ownership threshold to 10 percent to call special shareholder meetings was not approved, with the following votes cast:

NUMBER OF VOTES

FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN	BROKER NON-VOTE
34,477,408	54,944,354	495,658	7,750,705

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.

	PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
	(Registrant)
Dated: May 26, 2020	By: /s/ Robert E. Smith
	Robert E. Smith
	Senior Vice President and
	General Counsel