0000936340-17-000145.txt : 20170509 0000936340-17-000145.hdr.sgml : 20170509 20170509161611 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000936340-17-000145 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170504 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20170509 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170509 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DTE ENERGY CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000936340 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 383217752 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11607 FILM NUMBER: 17826614 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE ENERGY PLAZA CITY: DETROIT STATE: MI ZIP: 48226 BUSINESS PHONE: 3132354000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE ENERGY PLAZA CITY: DETROIT STATE: MI ZIP: 48226 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DTE HOLDINGS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950127 8-K 1 a8-kdteenergyannualmeeting.htm 8-K Document


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 4, 2017




Commission
File Number
Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter, State of Incorporation, Address of Principal Executive Offices and Telephone Number

IRS Employer
Identification No.
1-11607
DTE Energy Company
(a Michigan corporation)
One Energy Plaza
Detroit, Michigan 48226-1279
313-235-4000
38-3217752

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Emerging growth company o
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Item 5.07.      Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a)    The Annual Meeting was held on May 4, 2017.

(b)    At the Annual Meeting:

(i)
The director nominees named in the Proxy were all elected to the Board as follows: Gerard M. Anderson, David A. Brandon, W. Frank Fountain, Jr., Charles G. McClure, Jr., Gail J. McGovern, Mark A. Murray, James B. Nicholson, Charles W. Pryor, Jr., Josue Robles, Jr., Ruth G. Shaw, David A. Thomas and James H. Vandenberghe were each elected to serve as a director of the Company for a one-year term expiring in 2018, with the votes shown:

 
Total Votes For Each Director
Total Votes Withheld From Each Director
Broker Non-Votes
Gerard M. Anderson
114,952,167.322
3,963,824.264
23,288,548.000
David A. Brandon
116,903,181.791
2,012,809.795
23,288,548.000
W. Frank Fountain, Jr.
116,446,161.113
2,469,830.473
23,288,548.000
Charles G. McClure, Jr.
118,305,219.211
610,772.375
23,288,548.000
Gail J. McGovern
114,952,885.334
3,963,106.252
23,288,548.000
Mark A. Murray
118,309,554.183
606,437.403
23,288,548.000
James B. Nicholson
115,887,701.267
3,028,290.319
23,288,548.000
Charles W. Pryor, Jr.
115,759,934.531
3,156,057.055
23,288,548.000
Josue Robles, Jr.
114,818,308.508
4,097,683.078
23,288,548.000
Ruth G. Shaw
117,169,740.631
1,746,250.955
23,288,548.000
David A. Thomas
118,279,280.899
636,710.687
23,288,548.000
James H. Vandenberghe
117,193,683.584
1,722,308.002
23,288,548.000

(ii)
Shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2017, with the votes shown:
For
Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
140,169,749.205
1,687,685.223
347,105.158
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(iii)
Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the overall executive compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers as more fully described in the Proxy, with the votes shown:
For
Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
111,957,094.668
6,153,494.243
805,152.675
23,288,798.000





(iv)
Shareholders advised the Company to include an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers on an annual basis as more fully described in the Proxy, with the votes shown:
Every Year
Every Two Years
Every Three Years
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
102,498,145.197
706,365.046
15,072,168.503
639,062.840
23,288,798.000

(v)    Shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal to publish an assessment of long-term impacts on the company's portfolio, of public policies and technological advances consistent with limiting global warming to no more than two degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels, as more fully described in the Proxy, with the votes shown:    
For
Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
52,128,090.500
63,793,368.915
2,994,282.171
23,288,798.000

(d)       Disclosure Regarding Frequency of Shareholder Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation:

The Board of Directors recommended that the Company hold an advisory vote to approve compensation of the Company’s named executive officers on an annual basis. As noted above, a majority of the votes cast by shareholders voted, on an advisory basis, for the “Every Year” option on Proposal 4. Accordingly, the Board of Directors has decided to include an advisory shareholder vote on compensation of the Company’s named executive officers in its proxy materials every year until the next advisory vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on executive compensation.







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.


Date: May 9, 2017        
DTE ENERGY COMPANY
(Registrant)
 

/s/ Lisa A. Muschong
Lisa A. Muschong
Corporate Secretary