8-K 1 d772283d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 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): June 27, 2019

 

 

Avangrid, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New York   001-37660   14-1798693

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File No.)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

180 Marsh Hill Road

Orange, Connecticut

   06477
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(207) 629-1200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former name or former address, if changed since 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:

 

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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(s)

  

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock   AGR   New York Stock Exchange

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.

The annual meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of the shareholders of Avangrid, Inc. (the “Corporation”) was held on June 27, 2019. The record date for the Annual Meeting was April 29, 2019, and as of the record date the Corporation had 309,491,082 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. At the Annual Meeting, 304,465,082 shares of common stock were represented in person or by proxy.

The final results of voting on each of the matters submitted to a vote of security holders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Proposal 1 — Election of Directors. Each of the director nominees was elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, by the votes set forth below:

 

Nominee    For      Against      Abstain    Broker Non-Votes  

Ignacio Sánchez Galán

      276,612,235        20,036,434      0      7,816,500  

John Baldacci

      286,950,266        9,698,493      0      7,816,500  

Robert Duffy

      295,917,385        731,284      0      7,816,500  

Carol Folt

      295,519,748        1,128,921      0      7,816,500  

Teresa Herbert

      295,927,665        721,004      0      7,816,500  

Patricia Jacobs

      295,924,705        723,964      0      7,816,500  

John Lahey

      285,796,243        10,852,426      0      7,816,500  

Santiago Martinez Garrido

      286,849,275        9,799,394      0      7,816,500  

Juan Carlos Rebollo Liceaga

      286,848,472        9,800,197      0      7,816,500  

Sonsoles Rubio Reinoso

      286,371,896        10,276,773      0      7,816,500  

José Sáinz Armada

      286,879,299        9,769,370      0      7,816,500  

Alan D. Solomont

      295,817,983        830,686      0      7,816,500  

Elizabeth Timm

      295,833,832        814,837      0      7,816,500  

James P. Torgerson

      287,673,616        8,975,053      0      7,816,500  

Proposal 2 — Ratification of Independent Auditors. The selection of KPMG US, LLP as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, was ratified, by the votes set forth below:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes

304,164,662

   209,945   90,562   0

Proposal 3 — Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. The compensation of the Corporation’s named executive officers was approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, by the votes set forth below:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes

293,688,794

   2,728,604   231,271   7,816,500

 

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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.

 

AVANGRID, INC.
By:  

/s/ R. Scott Mahoney

Name:   R. Scott Mahoney
Title:   Senior Vice President – General Counsel and Secretary

Dated: June 27, 2019

 

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