0001081400-22-000725.txt : 20220829 0001081400-22-000725.hdr.sgml : 20220829 20220829135616 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001081400-22-000725 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-PX PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220829 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220829 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20220829 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLSPRING UTILITIES & HIGH INCOME FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001279014 IRS NUMBER: 364548459 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-PX SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21507 FILM NUMBER: 221210268 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 525 MARKET STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: 857-776-4824 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 101 SEAPORT BLVD STREET 2: FLOOR 11 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WELLS FARGO UTILITIES & HIGH INCOME FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20151216 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE UTILITIES & HIGH INCOME FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100719 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EVERGREEN UTILITIES & HIGH INCOME FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040209 N-PX 1 utilitieshighincnpx2022.txt UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM N-PX ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY Investment Company Act file number 811-21507 Allspring Utilities and High Income Fund _____________________________________________________ (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 525 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 _____________________________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Andrew Owen Allspring Funds Management, LLC 525 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 _____________________________________________________ (Name and address of agent for service) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 800-222-8222 Date of fiscal year-end: 8/31 Date of reporting period: 07/01/21 - 06/30/22 Item 1. Proxy Voting Record ============ Allspring Utilities and High Income Fund (Closed End) ============= ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION Ticker: LNT Security ID: 018802108 Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 18, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director N. Joy Falotico For For Management 1b Elect Director John O. Larsen For For Management 1c Elect Director Thomas F. O'Toole For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMEREN CORPORATION Ticker: AEE Security ID: 023608102 Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 14, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director Warner L. Baxter For For Management 1b Elect Director Cynthia J. Brinkley For For Management 1c Elect Director Catherine S. Brune For For Management 1d Elect Director J. Edward Coleman For For Management 1e Elect Director Ward H. Dickson For For Management 1f Elect Director Noelle K. Eder For For Management 1g Elect Director Ellen M. Fitzsimmons For For Management 1h Elect Director Rafael Flores For For Management 1i Elect Director Richard J. Harshman For For Management 1j Elect Director Craig S. Ivey For For Management 1k Elect Director James C. Johnson For For Management 1l Elect Director Martin J. Lyons, Jr. For For Management 1m Elect Director Steven H. Lipstein For For Management 1n Elect Director Leo S. Mackay, Jr. For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management Auditors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. Ticker: AEP Security ID: 025537101 Meeting Date: APR 26, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 01, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Nicholas K. Akins For For Management 1.2 Elect Director David J. Anderson For For Management 1.3 Elect Director J. Barnie Beasley, Jr. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Benjamin G. S. Fowke, For For Management III 1.5 Elect Director Art A. Garcia For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Linda A. Goodspeed For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Sandra Beach Lin For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Margaret M. McCarthy For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Oliver G. Richard, III For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Daryl Roberts For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Sara Martinez Tucker For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Lewis Von Thaer For For Management 2 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management Auditors 3 Authorize New Class of Preferred Stock For For Management 4 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC. Ticker: AWK Security ID: 030420103 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 17, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director Jeffrey N. Edwards For For Management 1b Elect Director Martha Clark Goss For For Management 1c Elect Director M. Susan Hardwick For For Management 1d Elect Director Kimberly J. Harris For For Management 1e Elect Director Julia L. Johnson For For Management 1f Elect Director Patricia L. Kampling For For Management 1g Elect Director Karl F. Kurz For For Management 1h Elect Director George MacKenzie For For Management 1i Elect Director James G. Stavridis For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management Auditors 4 Report on Medium and Long-Term None None Shareholder Greenhouse Gas Targets Aligned with Paris Agreement - Withdrawn 5 Report on Third-Party Racial Equity Against Against Shareholder Audit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION Ticker: ATO Security ID: 049560105 Meeting Date: FEB 09, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: DEC 13, 2021 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director J. Kevin Akers For For Management 1b Elect Director Kim R. Cocklin For For Management 1c Elect Director Kelly H. Compton For For Management 1d Elect Director Sean Donohue For For Management 1e Elect Director Rafael G. Garza For For Management 1f Elect Director Richard K. Gordon For For Management 1g Elect Director Nancy K. Quinn For For Management 1h Elect Director Richard A. Sampson For For Management 1i Elect Director Diana J. Walters For For Management 1j Elect Director Frank Yoho For For Management 2 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency One Year One Year Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLACKSTONE MORTGAGE TRUST, INC. Ticker: BXMT Security ID: 09257W100 Meeting Date: JUN 16, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 14, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Michael B. Nash For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Katharine A. Keenan For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Leonard W. Cotton For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Thomas E. Dobrowski For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Martin L. Edelman For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Nnenna Lynch For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Henry N. Nassau For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Jonathan L. Pollack For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Lynne B. Sagalyn For For Management 2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 5 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRISTOW GROUP INC. Ticker: VTOL Security ID: 11040G103 Meeting Date: AUG 03, 2021 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JUN 07, 2021 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Christopher S. Bradshaw For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Lorin L. Brass For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Charles Fabrikant For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Wesley E. Kern For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Robert J. Manzo For For Management 1.6 Elect Director G. Mark Mickelson For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Maryanne Miller For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Christopher Pucillo For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Brian D. Truelove For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors For For Management A Please Mark FOR if the Stock Owned of None For Management Record or Beneficially by You is Owned and Controlled ONLY by U.S. Citizens or Mark Against if Such Stock is Owned or Controlled by Any Person Who is NOT a U.S. Citizen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. Ticker: CNP Security ID: 15189T107 Meeting Date: APR 22, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 25, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director Wendy Montoya Cloonan For For Management 1b Elect Director Earl M. Cummings For For Management 1c Elect Director Christopher H. Franklin For For Management 1d Elect Director David J. Lesar For For Management 1e Elect Director Raquelle W. Lewis For For Management 1f Elect Director Martin H. Nesbitt For For Management 1g Elect Director Theodore F. Pound For For Management 1h Elect Director Phillip R. Smith For For Management 1i Elect Director Barry T. Smitherman For For Management 2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For Against Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CMS ENERGY CORPORATION Ticker: CMS Security ID: 125896100 Meeting Date: MAY 06, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 08, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director Jon E. Barfield For For Management 1b Elect Director Deborah H. Butler For For Management 1c Elect Director Kurt L. Darrow For For Management 1d Elect Director William D. Harvey For For Management 1e Elect Director Garrick J. Rochow For For Management 1f Elect Director John G. Russell For For Management 1g Elect Director Suzanne F. Shank For For Management 1h Elect Director Myrna M. Soto For For Management 1i Elect Director John G. Sznewajs For For Management 1j Elect Director Ronald J. Tanski For For Management 1k Elect Director Laura H. Wright For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management Auditors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DENBURY INC. Ticker: DEN Security ID: 24790A101 Meeting Date: JUN 01, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 04, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director Kevin O. Meyers For For Management 1b Elect Director Anthony M. Abate For For Management 1c Elect Director Caroline G. Angoorly For For Management 1d Elect Director James N. Chapman For For Management 1e Elect Director Christian S. Kendall For For Management 1f Elect Director Lynn A. Peterson For For Management 1g Elect Director Brett R. Wiggs For For Management 1h Elect Director Cindy A. Yeilding For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Approve Qualified Employee Stock For For Management Purchase Plan 4 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management Auditors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOMINION ENERGY, INC. Ticker: D Security ID: 25746U109 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 04, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1A Elect Director James A. Bennett For For Management 1B Elect Director Robert M. Blue For For Management 1C Elect Director Helen E. Dragas For For Management 1D Elect Director James O. Ellis, Jr. For For Management 1E Elect Director D. Maybank Hagood For For Management 1F Elect Director Ronald W. Jibson For For Management 1G Elect Director Mark J. Kington For For Management 1H Elect Director Joseph M. Rigby For For Management 1I Elect Director Pamela J. Royal For For Management 1J Elect Director Robert H. Spilman, Jr. For For Management 1K Elect Director Susan N. Story For For Management 1L Elect Director Michael E. Szymanczyk For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors 4 Amend Right to Call Special Meeting For For Management 5 Reduce Ownership Threshold for Against For Shareholder Shareholders to Call Special Meeting 6 Adopt Medium Term Scope 3 GHG Against Against Shareholder Emissions Reduction Target 7 Report on the Risk of Natural Gas None For Shareholder Stranded Assets -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DTE ENERGY COMPANY Ticker: DTE Security ID: 233331107 Meeting Date: MAY 05, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 08, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director David A. Brandon For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Charles G. McClure, Jr. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Gail J. McGovern For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Mark A. Murray For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Gerardo Norcia For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Ruth G. Shaw For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Robert C. Skaggs, Jr. For For Management 1.8 Elect Director David A. Thomas For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Gary H. Torgow For For Management 1.10 Elect Director James H. Vandenberghe For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Valerie M. Williams For For Management 2 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management Auditors 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Reduce Ownership Threshold for Against For Shareholder Shareholders to Call Special Meeting 5 Revise Net Zero by 2050 Goal to Against For Shareholder Include Full Scope 3 Value Chain Emissions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION Ticker: DUK Security ID: 26441C204 Meeting Date: MAY 05, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 07, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Derrick Burks For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Annette K. Clayton For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Theodore F. Craver, Jr. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Robert M. Davis For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Caroline Dorsa For For Management 1.6 Elect Director W. Roy Dunbar For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Nicholas C. Fanandakis For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Lynn J. Good For For Management 1.9 Elect Director John T. Herron For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Idalene F. Kesner For For Management 1.11 Elect Director E. Marie McKee For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Michael J. Pacilio For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Thomas E. Skains For For Management 1.14 Elect Director William E. Webster, Jr. For For Management 2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Reduce Ownership Threshold for Against For Shareholder Shareholders to Call Special Meeting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENTERGY CORPORATION Ticker: ETR Security ID: 29364G103 Meeting Date: MAY 06, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 08, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director John R. Burbank For For Management 1b Elect Director Patrick J. Condon For For Management 1c Elect Director Leo P. Denault For For Management 1d Elect Director Kirkland H. Donald For For Management 1e Elect Director Brian W. Ellis For For Management 1f Elect Director Philip L. Frederickson For For Management 1g Elect Director Alexis M. Herman For For Management 1h Elect Director M. Elise Hyland For For Management 1i Elect Director Stuart L. Levenick For For Management 1j Elect Director Blanche Lambert Lincoln For For Management 1k Elect Director Karen A. Puckett For For Management 2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EVERGY, INC. Ticker: EVRG Security ID: 30034W106 Meeting Date: MAY 03, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 01, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1A Elect Director David A. Campbell For For Management 1B Elect Director Thomas D. Hyde For For Management 1C Elect Director B. Anthony Isaac For For Management 1D Elect Director Paul M. Keglevic For For Management 1E Elect Director Mary L. Landrieu For For Management 1F Elect Director Sandra A.J. Lawrence For For Management 1G Elect Director Ann D. Murtlow For For Management 1H Elect Director Sandra J. Price For For Management 1I Elect Director Mark A. Ruelle For For Management 1J Elect Director James Scarola For For Management 1K Elect Director S. Carl Soderstrom, Jr. For For Management 1L Elect Director C. John Wilder For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EVERSOURCE ENERGY Ticker: ES Security ID: 30040W108 Meeting Date: MAY 04, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 09, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Cotton M. Cleveland For For Management 1.2 Elect Director James S. DiStasio For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Francis A. Doyle For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Linda Dorcena Forry For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Gregory M. Jones For For Management 1.6 Elect Director James J. Judge For For Management 1.7 Elect Director John Y. Kim For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Kenneth R. Leibler For For Management 1.9 Elect Director David H. Long For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Joseph R. Nolan, Jr. For For Management 1.11 Elect Director William C. Van Faasen For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Frederica M. Williams For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXELON CORPORATION Ticker: EXC Security ID: 30161N101 Meeting Date: APR 26, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 01, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director Anthony Anderson For For Management 1b Elect Director Ann Berzin For For Management 1c Elect Director W. Paul Bowers For For Management 1d Elect Director Marjorie Rodgers For For Management Cheshire 1e Elect Director Christopher Crane For For Management 1f Elect Director Carlos Gutierrez For For Management 1g Elect Director Linda Jojo For For Management 1h Elect Director Paul Joskow For For Management 1i Elect Director John Young For For Management 2 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management Auditors 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Report on Use of Child Labor in Supply Against Against Shareholder Chain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRSTENERGY CORP. Ticker: FE Security ID: 337932107 Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 18, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Jana T. Croom For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Steven J. Demetriou For Against Management 1.3 Elect Director Lisa Winston Hicks For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Paul Kaleta For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Sean T. Klimczak For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Jesse A. Lynn For For Management 1.7 Elect Director James F. O'Neil, III For For Management 1.8 Elect Director John W. Somerhalder, II For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Steven E. Strah For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Andrew Teno For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Leslie M. Turner For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Melvin D. Williams For For Management 2 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management Auditors 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Report on Child Labor Audit Against Against Shareholder 5 Reduce Ownership Threshold for Against Against Shareholder Shareholders to Call Special Meeting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LADDER CAPITAL CORP Ticker: LADR Security ID: 505743104 Meeting Date: JUN 02, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 05, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Alan H. Fishman For Withhold Management 1.2 Elect Director Pamela McCormack For Withhold Management 1.3 Elect Director David Weiner For Withhold Management 2 Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. Ticker: NEE Security ID: 65339F101 Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 24, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director Sherry S. Barrat For For Management 1b Elect Director James L. Camaren For For Management 1c Elect Director Kenneth B. Dunn For For Management 1d Elect Director Naren K. Gursahaney For For Management 1e Elect Director Kirk S. Hachigian For For Management 1f Elect Director John W. Ketchum For For Management 1g Elect Director Amy B. Lane For For Management 1h Elect Director David L. Porges For For Management 1i Elect Director James L. Robo For For Management 1j Elect Director Rudy E. Schupp For For Management 1k Elect Director John L. Skolds For For Management 1l Elect Director John Arthur Stall For For Management 1m Elect Director Darryl L. Wilson For For Management 2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Disclose a Board Diversity and Against Against Shareholder Qualifications Matrix 5 Report on Effectiveness of Diversity, Against For Shareholder Equity and Inclusion Efforts and Metrics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ONE GAS, INC. Ticker: OGS Security ID: 68235P108 Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 28, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Robert B. Evans For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John W. Gibson For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Tracy E. Hart For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Michael G. Hutchinson For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Robert S. McAnnally For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Pattye L. Moore For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Eduardo A. Rodriguez For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Douglas H. Yaeger For For Management 2 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management Auditors 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED Ticker: PEG Security ID: 744573106 Meeting Date: APR 19, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 18, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Ralph Izzo For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Susan Tomasky For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Willie A. Deese For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Jamie M. Gentoso For For Management 1.5 Elect Director David Lilley For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Barry H. Ostrowsky For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Valerie A. Smith For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Scott G. Stephenson For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Laura A. Sugg For For Management 1.10 Elect Director John P. Surma For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Alfred W. Zollar For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEMPRA ENERGY Ticker: SRE Security ID: 816851109 Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 17, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director Alan L. Boeckmann For For Management 1b Elect Director Andres Conesa For For Management 1c Elect Director Maria Contreras-Sweet For For Management 1d Elect Director Pablo A. Ferrero For For Management 1e Elect Director Jeffrey W. Martin For For Management 1f Elect Director Bethany J. Mayer For For Management 1g Elect Director Michael N. Mears For For Management 1h Elect Director Jack T. Taylor For For Management 1i Elect Director Cynthia L. Walker For For Management 1j Elect Director Cynthia J. Warner For For Management 1k Elect Director James C. Yardley For For Management 2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 4 Require Independent Board Chair Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STARWOOD PROPERTY TRUST, INC. Ticker: STWD Security ID: 85571B105 Meeting Date: APR 28, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 02, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Richard D. Bronson For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Jeffrey G. Dishner For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Camille J. Douglas For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Solomon J. Kumin For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Fred Perpall For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Fred S. Ridley For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Barry S. Sternlicht For Withhold Management 1.8 Elect Director Strauss Zelnick For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Approve Qualified Employee Stock For For Management Purchase Plan 4 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 5 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 6 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE SOUTHERN COMPANY Ticker: SO Security ID: 842587107 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 28, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director Janaki Akella For For Management 1b Elect Director Henry A. Clark, III For For Management 1c Elect Director Anthony F. Earley, Jr. For For Management 1d Elect Director Thomas A. Fanning For For Management 1e Elect Director David J. Grain For For Management 1f Elect Director Colette D. Honorable For For Management 1g Elect Director Donald M. James For For Management 1h Elect Director John D. Johns For For Management 1i Elect Director Dale E. Klein For For Management 1j Elect Director Ernest J. Moniz For For Management 1k Elect Director William G. Smith, Jr. For For Management 1l Elect Director Kristine L. Svinicki For For Management 1m Elect Director E. Jenner Wood, III For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors 4 Adopt Simple Majority Vote For For Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC. Ticker: WEC Security ID: 92939U106 Meeting Date: MAY 05, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 24, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Curt S. Culver For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Danny L. Cunningham For For Management 1.3 Elect Director William M. Farrow, III For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Cristina A. For For Management Garcia-Thomas 1.5 Elect Director Maria C. Green For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Gale E. Klappa For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Thomas K. Lane For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Scott J. Lauber For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Ulice Payne, Jr. For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Mary Ellen Stanek For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Glen E. Tellock For For Management 2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST Ticker: Security ID: 949921126 Meeting Date: NOV 24, 2021 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: MAY 28, 2021 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Investment Management For For Management Agreement with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC 2 Approve Subadvisory Agreement with For For Management Wells Capital Management, LLC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- XCEL ENERGY INC. Ticker: XEL Security ID: 98389B100 Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2022 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 21, 2022 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Elect Director Lynn Casey For For Management 1b Elect Director Bob Frenzel For For Management 1c Elect Director Netha Johnson For For Management 1d Elect Director Patricia Kampling For For Management 1e Elect Director George Kehl For For Management 1f Elect Director Richard O'Brien For For Management 1g Elect Director Charles Pardee For For Management 1h Elect Director Christopher Policinski For For Management 1i Elect Director James Prokopanko For For Management 1j Elect Director Kim Williams For For Management 1k Elect Director Daniel Yohannes For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named For For Management Executive Officers' Compensation 3 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors ========== END NPX REPORT SIGNATURES PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, THE REGISTRANT HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REPORT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THERE UNTO DULY AUTHORIZED. ALLSPRING UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND BY: /S/ ANDREW OWEN NAME: ANDREW OWEN TITLE: PRESIDENT DATE: August 29, 2022