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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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