Current Report Filing (8-k)
22 May 2019 - 6:04AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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 16, 2019
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
|
|
|
|
Delaware
|
001-16383
|
95-4352386
|
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
|
(Commission
File Number)
|
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
|
|
|
|
700 Milam Street
Suite 1900
Houston, Texas
|
|
77002
|
(Address of principal executive offices)
|
|
(Zip Code)
|
|
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(713) 375-5000
|
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))
|
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
|
|
|
|
Title of each class
|
Trading Symbol
|
Name of each exchange on which registered
|
Common Stock, $ 0.003 par value
|
LNG
|
NYSE American
|
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.
¨
|
|
Item 5.07
|
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
|
Cheniere Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2019 Annual Meeting”) on May 16, 2019. There were 233,241,282 shares of the Company's common stock present or represented by proxy at the 2019 Annual Meeting. This represented approximately 91% of the Company's shares of common stock outstanding as of the record date of the 2019 Annual Meeting. Three proposals, as described in the Company's Proxy Statement dated April 15, 2019 (the “2019 Proxy Statement”), were voted upon at the 2019 Annual Meeting. The following is a brief description of the matters voted upon and the final voting results.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ITEM 1:
|
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
|
|
|
|
Director
|
Number of Votes
For
|
Number of Votes Against
|
Number of Abstentions
|
Number of Broker
Non-Votes
|
G. Andrea Botta
|
206,841,036
|
3,254,319
|
146,479
|
22,999,448
|
Jack A. Fusco
|
209,173,903
|
996,389
|
71,542
|
22,999,448
|
Vicky A. Bailey
|
204,682,810
|
5,482,294
|
76,730
|
22,999,448
|
Nuno Brandolini
|
202,808,390
|
7,367,338
|
66,106
|
22,999,448
|
David I. Foley
|
208,464,548
|
1,706,427
|
70,859
|
22,999,448
|
David B. Kilpatrick
|
202,586,887
|
7,586,164
|
68,783
|
22,999,448
|
Andrew Langham
|
204,793,304
|
5,373,903
|
74,627
|
22,999,448
|
Courtney R. Mather
|
171,427,170
|
38,740,438
|
74,226
|
22,999,448
|
Donald F. Robillard, Jr.
|
209,742,272
|
424,987
|
74,575
|
22,999,448
|
Neal A. Shear
|
204,734,924
|
5,443,765
|
63,145
|
22,999,448
|
Each of the director nominees was elected as a director to serve for a one-year term until the 2020 annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ITEM 2:
|
ADVISORY AND NON-BINDING VOTE TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY’S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS FOR 2018
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of Votes For
|
Number of Votes Against
|
Number of Abstentions
|
Number of Broker Non-Votes
|
|
162,641,445
|
47,426,570
|
173,819
|
22,999,448
|
In an advisory and non-binding vote, the shareholders approved the compensation paid for 2018 to the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the 2019 Proxy Statement.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ITEM 3:
|
RATIFICATION OF KPMG LLP AS INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 2019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of Votes For
|
Number of Votes Against
|
Number of Abstentions
|
Number of Broker Non-Votes
|
|
231,332,000
|
1,798,696
|
110,586
|
—
|
The shareholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2019.
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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CHENIERE ENERGY, INC.
|
|
Date:
|
May 21, 2019
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Michael J. Wortley
|
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
Michael J. Wortley
|
|
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
Executive Vice President and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
|
|
Cheniere Energy (AMEX:LNG)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2024 to May 2024
Cheniere Energy (AMEX:LNG)
Historical Stock Chart
From May 2023 to May 2024