UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of EQT Corporation (the “Company”) held on April 19, 2023, the Company’s shareholders voted upon the following four proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2023. The final vote results for each proposal were as follows:
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
The shareholders elected each of the individuals set forth below to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) to serve a one-year term expiring at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of shareholders:
Shares For | Shares Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Lydia I. Beebe | 283,801,430 | 4,870,668 | 414,548 | 32,519,196 | ||||||||
| Lee M. Canaan | 285,255,515 | 3,392,957 | 438,174 | 32,519,196 | ||||||||
| Janet L. Carrig | 267,813,691 | 20,816,946 | 456,009 | 32,519,196 | ||||||||
| Frank C. Hu | 287,415,920 | 1,231,699 | 439,027 | 32,519,196 | ||||||||
| Dr. Kathryn J. Jackson | 279,201,041 | 9,243,376 | 642,229 | 32,519,196 | ||||||||
| John F. McCartney | 278,044,835 | 10,632,596 | 409,215 | 32,519,196 | ||||||||
| James T. McManus II | 285,834,168 | 2,848,160 | 404,318 | 32,519,196 | ||||||||
| Anita M. Powers | 285,948,304 | 2,719,746 | 418,596 | 32,519,196 | ||||||||
| Daniel J. Rice IV | 286,947,048 | 1,708,981 | 430,617 | 32,519,196 | ||||||||
| Toby Z. Rice | 286,970,518 | 1,667,707 | 448,421 | 32,519,196 | ||||||||
| Hallie A. Vanderhider | 265,093,959 | 23,581,381 | 411,306 | 32,519,196 |
Proposal 2: Approval of a Non-Binding Resolution Regarding the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers for 2022 (Say-on-Pay)
The shareholders approved a non-binding resolution regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for 2022, with votes as follows:
| Shares For | Shares Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 284,905,120 | 3,594,314 | 587,212 | 32,519,196 | |||||||||||
Proposal 3: Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Advisory Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation (Say-on-Frequency)
The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the annual inclusion of say-on-pay proposals in the Company’s proxy statement, with votes as follows:
| Shares For 1 Year | Shares For 2 Years | Shares For 3 Years | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||||
| 285,688,517 | 194,180 | 2,934,156 | 269,793 | 32,519,196 | ||||||||||||||
Based on these results, and consistent with the Company’s recommendation, the Management Development and Compensation Committee of the Board has determined that the Company will hold an advisory vote on executive compensation every year until the next shareholder advisory vote on the frequency of say-on-pay proposals.
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Proposal 4: Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified by the shareholders, with votes as follows:
| Shares For | Shares Against | Shares Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 304,101,888 | 17,303,499 | 200,455 | 0 | |||||||||||
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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.
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EQT CORPORATION | ||
| Date: April 20, 2023 | By: | /s/ William E. Jordan |
| Name: | William E. Jordan | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |