8-K

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 19, 2021

Spark Energy, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware	001-36559	46-5453215
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)

    12140 Wickchester Ln, Suite 100

Houston, Texas 77079

(Address of principal executive offices)

(713) 600-2600

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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:

☐    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbols(s)	Name of exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share	SPKE	The NASDAQ Global Select Market
8.75% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share	SPKEP	The NASDAQ Global Select Market

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 ☐

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.

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

Spark Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 19, 2021 (“Annual Meeting”). A total of 28,801,549 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A common stock”), and Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class B common stock” and, together with the Class A common stock, the “Common Stock”), representing 81.29% of the total shares of Common Stock outstanding and eligible to vote as of the record date, were represented in person or by valid proxies at the Annual Meeting. This percentage constituted a quorum. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

Proposal 1: The following nominees were elected to serve as a Class I directors for a term expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting by the votes set forth in the table below:

Nominee	For	Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
W. Keith Maxwell III	24,660,269	1,122,954	3,018,326
Kenneth M. Hartwick	24,221,473	1,561,750	3,018,326

Proposal 2: The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountant for the year ending December 31, 2021 was ratified by the Company’s shareholders by the votes set forth in the table below:

For	Against	Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
28,624,324	134,293	42,932	—

Proposal 3: The compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers was approved, on an advisory basis, by the votes set forth in the table below:

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
25,252,816	405,871	124,536	3,018,326

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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 19, 2021

Spark Energy, Inc.
By:	/s/ James G. Jones II
Name:	James G Jones II
Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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Cover Document	May 19, 2021
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	8-K
Document Period End Date	May 19, 2021
Entity Registrant Name	Spark Energy, Inc.
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Entity File Number	001-36559
Entity Tax Identification Number	46-5453215
Entity Address, Address Line One	12140 Wickchester Ln
Entity Address, Address Line Two	Suite 100
Entity Address, City or Town	Houston
Entity Address, State or Province	TX
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	77079
City Area Code	713
Local Phone Number	600-2600
Written Communications	false
Soliciting Material	false
Pre-commencement Tender Offer	false
Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Central Index Key	0001606268
Amendment Flag	false
Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share
Document Information [Line Items]
Title of 12(b) Security	Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share
Trading Symbol	SPKE
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
8.75% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
Document Information [Line Items]
Title of 12(b) Security	8.75% Series A Fixed-to-Floating RateCumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
Trading Symbol	SPKEP
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ