8-K 2015 Annual Shareholders 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):
January 30, 2015
(January 29, 2015)


Commission File No.

Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter and Principal Office Address and Telephone Number
State of Incorporation
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number
1-16681

The Laclede Group, Inc.

720 Olive Street
St. Louis, MO 63101
314-342-0500
Missouri
74-2976504

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:
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The Company’s annual meeting of shareholders was held on January 29, 2015. At the meeting the shareholders voted on the following items:

Proposal 1
Election of two (2) directors (Mark A. Borer and Maria V. Fogarty) to each serve for a three-year term expiring at the annual meeting in 2018 and one (1) director (Anthony V. Leness) to serve for a one-year term expiring at the annual meeting in 2016 received the following vote:

 
Number of Votes
 
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Mark A. Borer

31,567,708
294,482
6,546,062
Maria V. Fogarty

31,553,794
308,396
6,546,062
Anthony V. Leness

31,215,603
646,587
6,546,062

Proposal 2
Approval of The Laclede Group 2015 Equity Incentive Plan received the following vote:

Number of Votes
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
26,689,076
5,048,112
125,002
6,546,062

Proposal 3
The ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as independent registered public accountants for fiscal year 2015 received the following vote:
Number of Votes
For
Against
Abstain
37,541,261
805,369
61,622







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.

 
 
 
THE LACLEDE GROUP, INC.

  
Date: January 30, 2015
 
By:
/s/ M. C. Kullman
 
 
 
M. C. Kullman
Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary