UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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| (Commission File Number) | (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||||||||||
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| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||||||||||||
(405 ) 553-3000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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| (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) | ||||||||||||||
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Registrant | Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||
| OGE Energy Corp. | |||||||||||
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) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2). ☐
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 OGE Energy Corp. (the "Company") held on May 20, 2021, the shareholders:
•Elected 10 members of the Board of Directors;
•Ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's principal independent accountants for 2021;
•Approved, on an advisory basis, named executive officer compensation;
•Did not approve the amendment of the restated certificate of incorporation and by-laws to permit shareholders to act by written consent; and
•The shareholder proposal regarding simple majority vote received 86 percent of the votes cast but less than the 80 percent of the outstanding votes required to implement the changes.
The number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes as to each of such matters, were as stated below.
| Proposal No. 1: | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| Election of Directors | ||||||||||||||
| Terms Expiring in 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank A. Bozich | 134,299,528 | 3,988,503 | 765,551 | 29,033,953 | ||||||||||
| Peter D. Clarke | 133,095,388 | 5,169,589 | 788,605 | 29,033,953 | ||||||||||
| Luke R. Corbett | 134,591,756 | 3,723,834 | 737,992 | 29,033,953 | ||||||||||
| David L. Hauser | 135,739,722 | 2,431,635 | 882,225 | 29,033,953 | ||||||||||
| Luther C. Kissam, IV | 136,821,063 | 1,314,481 | 918,038 | 29,033,953 | ||||||||||
| Judy R. McReynolds | 109,202,157 | 29,182,293 | 669,132 | 29,033,953 | ||||||||||
| David E. Rainbolt | 135,039,490 | 3,299,723 | 714,369 | 29,033,953 | ||||||||||
| J. Michael Sanner | 135,033,516 | 3,254,810 | 765,256 | 29,033,953 | ||||||||||
| Sheila G. Talton | 134,650,992 | 3,734,033 | 668,557 | 29,033,953 | ||||||||||
| Sean Trauschke | 132,518,504 | 5,233,804 | 1,301,274 | 29,033,953 | ||||||||||
| Proposal No. 2: | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | |||||||||||
| Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's principal independent accountants for 2021 | 165,344,646 | 1,691,191 | 1,051,698 | |||||||||||
| Proposal No. 3: | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation | 131,046,726 | 5,748,281 | 2,258,575 | 29,033,953 | ||||||||||
| Proposal No. 4: | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| Amendment of the restated certificate of incorporation and by-laws to permit shareholders to act by written consent | 132,740,860 | 5,407,603 | 905,119 | 29,033,953 | ||||||||||
| Proposal No. 5: | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| Shareholder proposal regarding simple majority vote | 118,612,750 | 18,919,757 | 1,521,075 | 29,033,953 | ||||||||||
Item 8.01. Other Events
The Company's Board of Directors declared a third quarter dividend of $0.4025 per common share of stock, to be paid July 30, 2021, to shareholders of record July 12, 2021.
SIGNATURE
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| OGE ENERGY CORP. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Sarah R. Stafford | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sarah R. Stafford | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | ||||||||||||||||||||
May 26, 2021