Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As previously disclosed, onJanuary 24, 2023 ,MDU Resources Group, Inc. ("MDU Resources" or the "Company") entered into a Cooperation Agreement (the "Cooperation Agreement") withKeith A. Meister and Corvex Management LP (Mr.Meister and Corvex Management LP , together with their respective affiliates, the "Corvex Group "). Pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement, the Company agreed, among other things, to appoint Corvex PartnerJames H. Gemmel to theMDU Resources board of directors (the "Board"), subject to the approval of theFederal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Federal Power Act (the "FERC Approval"). The FERC Approval was received onMay 1, 2023 , and in accordance with the terms of the Cooperation Agreement,Mr. Gemmel was appointed to the Board onMay 9, 2023 . In connection withMr. Gemmel's appointment, the Board has determined thatMr. Gemmel will serve on the Audit Committee and theEnvironmental and Sustainability Committee . As compensation for his service on the Board and Board committees,Mr. Gemmel will receive the Company's standard compensation for non-employee directors. The Board considered the independence ofMr. Gemmel under the applicable standards and determined thatMr. Gemmel is an independent director. The foregoing description of the Cooperation Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Cooperation Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with theU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") onJanuary 24, 2023 ( File No. 1-3480 ), and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company (the "Annual Meeting") was held onMay 9, 2023 . Four Company proposals were submitted to stockholders as described in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement filed with theSEC onMarch 24, 2023 . The proposals and the results of the stockholder vote, with fractional share totals rounded to the nearest whole share, are as follows:
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1. Shares Shares Broker For Against Abstentions Non-Votes Proposal to Elect Ten Directors for One-Year Terms: German Carmona Alvarez 154,322,144 1,460,684 980,642 25,836,165 Thomas Everist 153,547,198 2,874,945 341,327 25,836,165 Karen B. Fagg 152,308,569 4,157,674 297,227 25,836,165 David L. Goodin 153,925,037 2,529,115 309,318 25,836,165 Dennis W. Johnson 152,899,607 3,439,900 423,963 25,836,165 Patricia L. Moss 152,899,196 3,443,906 420,368 25,836,165 Dale S. Rosenthal 155,060,787 1,342,537 360,146 25,836,165 Edward A. Ryan 154,212,856 1,999,326 551,288 25,836,165 David M. Sparby 154,639,369 1,556,695 567,406 25,836,165 Chenxi Wang 153,514,026 2,807,920 441,524 25,836,165
All of the Company's nominees were elected, having received more votes cast "for" their election than "against" their election.
2. Broker 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstentions Non-Votes Advisory Vote to Approve the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes to Approve 147,880,157 814,344 7,362,202 706,767 25,836,165 the Compensation Paid to the Company's Named Executive Officers The vote of a majority of the Company's common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the proposal voted in favor of holding an advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers every year. Based on these results and good corporate governance, the Board determined at its meeting held onMay 10, 2023 , that the Company will include a non-binding stockholder advisory vote in its proxy materials every year to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to theSEC's compensation disclosure rules. The Company will hold such annual advisory votes until the next required vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on named executive officer compensation. The Company is required to hold votes on frequency every six calendar years.
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3. Shares Shares Broker For Against Abstentions Non-Votes Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation Paid to the 152,033,521 3,325,740 1,404,209 25,836,165 Company's Named Executive Officers
The proposal was approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the proposal.
4. Shares Shares For Against Abstentions Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the 175,652,625 6,385,957 561,053 Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2023 The proposal was approved, having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the proposal. Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d) Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
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