May 1 Annual Meeting

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 1, 2015

 

Commission

Registrant; State of Incorporation;

IRS Employer

File Number

Address; and Telephone Number

Identification No.

1-9513

CMS ENERGY CORPORATION

(A Michigan Corporation)

One Energy Plaza

Jackson, Michigan 49201

(517) 788-0550

38-2726431

 

 

 

1-5611

CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY

(A Michigan Corporation)

One Energy Plaza

Jackson, Michigan 49201

(517) 788-0550

38-0442310

 

 

 

 

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:

 

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 


 

 

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

CMS ENERGY CORPORATION

 

At the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders held on May 1, 2015 (“Annual Meeting”), the shareholders of CMS Energy Corporation ("CMS Energy") voted upon three proposals as described in the CMS Energy Proxy Statement dated March 30, 2015. The results of the shareholder votes are as follows. 

 

1.

Proposal to elect eleven members to the CMS Energy board of directors. All of the nominees were elected with the votes for individual nominees as follows:

 

Number of Votes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker non-votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jon E. Barfield

 

226,206,961 

 

824,434 

 

531,132 

 

17,688,195 

Deborah H. Butler

 

226,241,992 

 

801,657 

 

518,878 

 

17,688,195 

Kurt L. Darrow

 

226,216,234 

 

803,706 

 

542,587 

 

17,688,195 

Stephen E. Ewing

 

226,051,642 

 

993,977 

 

516,908 

 

17,688,195 

Richard M. Gabrys

 

223,300,517 

 

3,713,078 

 

548,932 

 

17,688,195 

William D. Harvey

 

226,248,942 

 

780,347 

 

533,238 

 

17,688,195 

David W. Joos

 

225,099,408 

 

1,926,821 

 

536,298 

 

17,688,195 

Philip R. Lochner, Jr.

 

225,971,465 

 

1,051,350 

 

539,712 

 

17,688,195 

John G. Russell

 

226,294,933 

 

739,068 

 

528,526 

 

17,688,195 

Myrna M. Soto

 

226,224,921 

 

763,495 

 

574,111 

 

17,688,195 

Laura H. Wright

 

226,330,238 

 

718,074 

 

514,215 

 

17,688,195 

 

2.

Non-binding advisory proposal to approve the compensation paid to CMS Energy’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy statement pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and the related narrative disclosure, was approved, with a vote as follows:

 

Number of Votes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker non-votes

 

 

221,278,834 

 

5,330,435 

 

953,258 

 

17,688,195 

 

 

98% 

 

2% 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

3.

Proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit CMS Energy’s financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2015 was approved, with a vote as follows:

 

Number of Votes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker non-votes

 

 

242,975,369 

 

1,661,054 

 

614,299 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY

 

Consumers Energy Company (Consumers Energy)  did not solicit proxies for the matters submitted to votes at the contemporaneous May 1, 2015 Consumers Energy annual meeting of shareholders. All 84,108,789 shares of Consumers Energy common stock held by CMS Energy were voted in favor of electing the above-named individuals as directors of Consumers Energy and in favor of the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit Consumers Energys financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2015.    None of the 373,148 shares of Consumers Energy preferred stock were voted at the Consumers Energy annual meeting of shareholders.

 

 

 


 

 

SIGNATURES

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMS ENERGY CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:

May 1, 2015

 

By:

/s/ Melissa M. Gleespen

 

 

 

 

 

Melissa M. Gleespen

 

 

 

 

 

Vice President and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:

May 1, 2015

 

By:

/s/ Melissa M. Gleespen

 

 

 

 

 

Melissa M. Gleespen

 

 

 

 

 

Vice President and Corporate Secretary