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Filed Apr 19, 2024 · 2y ago · Accession 0001104659-24-049048
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View original ↗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 19, 2024 ( April 17, 2024 )
EQT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Pennsylvania
001-3551
25-0464690
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
625 Liberty Avenue , Suite 1700 ,
Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15222
(Address of principal executive offices,
including zip code)
( 412 ) 553-5700
(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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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, no par value
EQT
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.
At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of EQT Corporation
(the “Company”) held on April 17, 2024, the Company’s shareholders voted upon the following three proposals, each of
which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2024 . The final vote results for each proposal were as follows:
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
The shareholders elected each of the individuals
set forth below to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) to serve a one-year term expiring at the Company’s
2025 annual meeting of shareholders:
Shares
For
Shares
Against
Shares
Abstained
Broker
Non-Votes
Lydia I. Beebe
369,640,550
6,144,799
628,400
28,076,068
Lee M. Canaan
370,567,704
5,215,246
630,799
28,076,068
Janet L. Carrig
371,122,412
4,672,130
619,207
28,076,068
Frank C. Hu
373,550,143
2,215,984
647,622
28,076,068
Dr. Kathryn J. Jackson
370,105,444
5,673,276
635,029
28,076,068
John F. McCartney
372,139,266
3,639,804
634,679
28,076,068
James T. McManus II
372,214,711
3,559,640
639,398
28,076,068
Anita M. Powers
372,668,747
3,111,631
633,371
28,076,068
Daniel J. Rice IV
373,525,872
2,258,868
629,009
28,076,068
Toby Z. Rice
373,550,549
2,222,040
641,160
28,076,068
Hallie A. Vanderhider
370,888,156
4,885,902
639,691
28,076,068
Proposal 2: Approval of a Non-Binding Resolution
Regarding the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers for 2023 (Say-on-Pay)
The shareholders approved a non-binding resolution
regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for 2023, with votes as follows:
Shares
For
Shares
Against
Shares
Abstained
Broker
Non-Votes
367,914,241
7,651,605
847,903
28,076,068
Proposal 3: Ratification of the Appointment of
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the
Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 was ratified by the shareholders,
with votes as follows:
Shares
For
Shares
Against
Shares
Abstained
Broker
Non-Votes
382,337,373
21,702,347
450,097
0
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.
EQT CORPORATION
Date: April 19, 2024
By:
/s/ William E. Jordan
Name:
William E. Jordan
Title:
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Filing details
- Company
- EQT Corp
- Ticker
- EQT
- CIK
- 33213
- Form type
- 8-K
- Filing date
- Apr 19, 2024
- Report date
- Apr 17, 2024
- Document
- tm2412210d1_8k.htm
- Size
- 205 KB