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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

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

May 16, 2024

 

 

 

 

(Commission File Number)

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1-12579

OGE ENERGY CORP.

73-1481638

 

 

 

 

Oklahoma

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 

 

 

321 North Harvey

P.O. Box 321

Oklahoma City

Oklahoma

73101-0321

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(405) 553-3000

(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:

Registrant

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

OGE Energy Corp.

Common Stock

OGE

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) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2).

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 OGE Energy Corp. ("OGE Energy") held on May 16, 2024, the shareholders:

 

Elected 10 members of the Board of Directors;
Ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as OGE Energy's principal independent accountants for 2024;
Approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to named executive officers; and
The shareholder proposal regarding simple majority vote received 69 percent of the votes cast, but only 49 percent of the outstanding votes, which is well below 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 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frank A. Bozich

 

 

139,580,430

 

 

2,611,371

 

 

570,644

 

 

30,734,369

 

Peter D. Clarke

 

 

137,371,233

 

 

4,831,374

 

 

559,838

 

 

30,734,369

 

Cathy R. Gates

 

 

140,836,005

 

 

1,300,652

 

 

625,788

 

 

30,734,369

 

David L. Hauser

 

 

138,370,813

 

 

3,823,862

 

 

567,770

 

 

30,734,369

 

Luther C. Kissam, IV

 

 

139,731,287

 

 

2,459,359

 

 

571,799

 

 

30,734,369

 

Judy R. McReynolds

 

 

137,174,114

 

 

4,997,671

 

 

590,660

 

 

30,734,369

 

David E. Rainbolt

 

 

139,663,653

 

 

2,409,352

 

 

689,440

 

 

30,734,369

 

J. Michael Sanner

 

 

139,501,767

 

 

2,680,666

 

 

580,012

 

 

30,734,369

 

Sheila G. Talton

 

 

139,147,140

 

 

3,070,144

 

 

545,161

 

 

30,734,369

 

Sean Trauschke

 

 

136,876,721

 

 

5,379,190

 

 

506,534

 

 

30,734,369

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal No. 2:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

 

 

Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as OGE Energy's principal independent accountants for 2024

 

 

168,558,162

 

 

3,984,892

 

 

953,760

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal No. 3:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation

 

 

135,219,901

 

 

6,156,259

 

 

1,386,285

 

 

30,734,369

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal No. 4:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Shareholder proposal regarding simple majority vote

 

 

97,700,589

 

 

43,670,734

 

 

1,391,122

 

 

30,734,369

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events

 

OGE Energy's Board of Directors declared a third quarter dividend of $0.4182 per common share of stock, to be paid July 26, 2024, to shareholders of record July 8, 2024.

 

 


 

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 16, 2024