-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, IIBFn8OLUIKpH0enDLGzAK5yf5KZq+C1lmoeaM4cRAKM/dzi1F5CAw5ZC4eiAfA9 EY3Iv0Q0VXj/Wml7/aXDPA== 0001104659-10-021864.txt : 20100427 0001104659-10-021864.hdr.sgml : 20100427 20100426174204 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-10-021864 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100421 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20100427 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100426 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Walter Energy, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000837173 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BITUMINOUS COAL & LIGNITE MINING [1220] IRS NUMBER: 133429953 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13711 FILM NUMBER: 10771203 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4211 W. BOY SCOUT BLVD. CITY: TAMPA STATE: FL ZIP: 33607 BUSINESS PHONE: 8138714811 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4211 W. BOY SCOUT BLVD. STREET 2: 4211 W. BOY SCOUT BLVD. CITY: TAMPA STATE: FL ZIP: 33607 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WALTER INDUSTRIES INC /NEW/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950207 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HILLSBOROUGH HOLDINGS CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19910814 8-K 1 a10-8759_18k.htm 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):  April 21, 2010

 

 

Walter Energy, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-13711

 

13-3429953

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation

 

Commission File No.

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

or organization)

 

 

 

 

 

4211 W. Boy Scout Boulevard

Tampa, Florida 33607

(813) 871-4811

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive
offices)

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed from 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))

 

 

 

 


 

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

 

The annual meeting of stockholders of Walter Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on April 21, 2010. The proposals are described in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. As of the record date, there were a total of 53,553,334 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the annual meeting. At the annual meeting 47,344,995 shares of common stock were represented in person or by proxy, therefore a quorum was present.

 

Proposal  1 — Election of Directors

 

The number of directors was fixed at eight and the following persons were nominated to serve, and were elected, as directors of the Company to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected: Howard L. Clark, Jr., Jerry W. Kolb, Patrick A. Kriegshauser, Joseph B. Leonard, Bernard G. Rethore, George R. Richmond, Michael T. Tokarz and A.J. Wagner. The voting results for each nominee were as follows:

 

Name

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Howard L. Clark, Jr

 

39,545,113

 

2,452,738

 

5,347,144

 

Jerry W. Kolb

 

41,708,721

 

289,130

 

5,347,144

 

Patrick A. Kriegshauser

 

41,741,472

 

256,379

 

5,347,144

 

Joseph B. Leonard

 

40,747,168

 

1,250,683

 

5,347,144

 

Bernard G. Rethore

 

41,329,208

 

668,643

 

5,347,144

 

George R. Richmond

 

41,293,973

 

703,878

 

5,347,144

 

Michael T. Tokarz

 

35,647,187

 

6,350,664

 

5,347,144

 

A.J. Wagner

 

41,741,828

 

256,023

 

5,347,144

 

 

Proposal  2 —  The ratification of the appointment of   Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010

 

Stockholders were asked to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The appointment was ratified with 47,278,240 shares voting for, 46,521 shares voting against, and 20,234 shares abstaining and 0 broker non-votes.

 

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.

 

 

 

WALTER ENERGY, INC.

 

 

 

Date: April 26, 2010

By:

/s/ Catherine C. Bona

 

 

Catherine C. Bona, Vice President

 

 

Interim General Counsel and Secretary

 

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