0001013871-19-000012.txt : 20190501 0001013871-19-000012.hdr.sgml : 20190501 20190430182240 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001013871-19-000012 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190425 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20190501 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190430 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NRG ENERGY, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001013871 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 411724239 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15891 FILM NUMBER: 19784032 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 804 CARNEGIE CENTER STREET 2: - CITY: PRINCETON STATE: NJ ZIP: 08540 BUSINESS PHONE: 609-524-4500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 804 CARNEGIE CENTER STREET 2: - CITY: PRINCETON STATE: NJ ZIP: 08540 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NRG ENERGY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960509 8-K 1 nrg2019annualmeeting8-k.htm 8-K Document

 
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) April 25, 2019
 
NRG ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-15891
 
41-1724239
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
804 Carnegie Center, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
 
(609) 524-4500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
N/A
(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:
 
o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 
 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     o

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. o

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01
NRG
New York Stock Exchange


Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
The Company held its Annual Meeting on April 25, 2019 in Houston, Texas.  Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders.
 
(a) Proposal 1 — Election of ten directors
 
Name
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
E. Spencer Abraham
 
154,654,681
 
77,604,561
 
129,101
 
17,670,436
 
Matthew Carter, Jr.
 
230,509,071
 
1,720,944
 
158,328
 
17,670,436
 
Lawrence S. Coben
 
227,895,724
 
4,364,003
 
128,616
 
17,670,436
 
Heather Cox
 
231,476,969
 
821,288
 
90,086
 
17,670,436
 
Terry G. Dallas
 
232,110,254
 
150,091
 
127,998
 
17,670,436
 
Mauricio Gutierrez
 
230,096,915
 
2,163,871
 
127,557
 
17,670,436
 
William E. Hantke
 
227,735,340
 
4,521,623
 
131,380
 
17,670,436
 
Paul W. Hobby
 
228,507,303
 
3,751,624
 
129,416
 
17,670,436
 
Anne C. Schaumburg
 
227,952,051
 
4,374,399
 
61,893
 
17,670,436
 
Thomas H. Weidemeyer
 
225,764,558
 
6,494,756
 
129,029
 
17,670,436
 
 
With respect to the foregoing Proposal 1, all ten directors were elected and each received the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting.
  
(b) Proposal 2 — Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
228,722,216
 
3,549,556
 
116,571
 
17,670,436
 
 
The foregoing Proposal 2 was approved.
  
(c) Proposal 3 — Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the 2019 fiscal year
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
243,500,658
 
6,471,446
 
86,675
 
-
 
 
The foregoing Proposal 3 was approved.

(d) Proposal 4 – Stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of political expenditures

Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
105,106,785
 
126,365,052
 
916,506
 
17,670,436
 

The foregoing Proposal 4 was not approved.

 

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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.
 
 
NRG Energy, Inc.
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Christine A. Zoino
 
 
Christine A. Zoino
 
 
Corporate Secretary
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dated: April 30, 2019
 
 
 


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