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, 2014 (April 30, 2014)

 

 

EQT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Pennsylvania

 

1-3551

 

25-0464690

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

 

 

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)

 

NONE

(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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Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of EQT Corporation (the Company) held on April 30, 2014 (the Annual Meeting), the Company’s shareholders approved the EQT Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the Plan).  A summary of the Plan is set forth under the caption “Item No. 3 – Approval of the EQT Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan – Summary of the 2014 LTIP” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2014 (the Proxy Statement), which summary is incorporated herein by reference.  The summary of the Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K.

 

 

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

 

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders considered five proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Proxy Statement.  The final vote results for each proposal were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal 1

 

Shares 
For

 

%
For

 

Shares
Against

 

%
Against

 

Shares
Abstained

 

Broker
Non-Votes

Elected the individuals set forth below to the Board of Directors to serve a one-year term expiring in 2015:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·     Margaret K. Dorman

 

118,432,257

 

99.74%

 

308,395

 

0.26%

 

452,754

 

12,341,532

·     David L. Porges

 

115,860,461

 

97.81%

 

2,590,182

 

2.19%

 

742,763

 

12,341,532

·     James E. Rohr

 

113,018,163

 

95.18%

 

5,722,214

 

4.82%

 

453,029

 

12,341,532

·     David S. Shapira

 

116,851,262

 

98.45%

 

1,839,821

 

1.55%

 

502,323

 

12,341,532

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal 2

 

Shares 
For

 

%
For

 

Shares
Against

 

%
Against

 

Shares
Abstained

 

Broker
Non-Votes

Approved a non-binding resolution regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for 2013.

 

116,362,719

 

98.20%

 

2,127,015

 

1.80%

 

703,466

 

12,341,738

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal 3

 

Shares 
For

 

%
For

 

Shares
Against

 

%
Against*

 

Shares
Abstained

 

Broker
Non-Votes

Approved the EQT Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

 

107,137,592

 

89.89%

 

11,298,495

 

10.11%

 

757,113

 

12,341,738

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal 4

 

Shares 
For

 

%
For

 

Shares
Against

 

%
Against*

 

Shares
Abstained

 

Broker
Non-Votes

Approved the material terms of performance goals for purposes of Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m).

 

116,598,023

 

97.82%

 

2,002,270

 

2.18%

 

592,907

 

12,341,738

 

*  For purposes of Proposals 3 and 4, under applicable New York Stock Exchange listing standards, abstentions have the effect of a vote cast “against” such proposals.

 

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Proposal 5

 

Shares 
For

 

%
For

 

Shares
Against

 

%
Against

 

Shares
Abstained

 

Broker
Non-Votes

Ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014.

 

129,743,482

 

98.99%

 

1,327,515

 

1.01%

 

463,941

 

N/A     

 

Item 9.01.       Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)  Exhibits

 

The following exhibit is filed in accordance with the provisions of Item 601 of Regulation S-K:

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

10.1

 

EQT Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan

 

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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: May 1, 2014

 

By:

 

/s/ Philip P. Conti

 

 

Name:

      Philip P. Conti

 

 

Title:

      Senior Vice President and

 

 

 

      Chief Financial Officer

 



 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

10.1

 

EQT Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan