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):  April 16, 2015 (April 15, 2015)

 

EQT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Pennsylvania

 

1-3551

 

25-0464690

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
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 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

At the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of EQT Corporation (the Company) held on April 15, 2015 (the Annual Meeting), the Company’s shareholders considered four proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 20, 2015 (the Proxy Statement).  The final vote results for each proposal were as follows:

 

Proposal 1*:

 

Shares For

 

%
Cast
For

 

%
Outstanding
For

 

Shares
Against

 

% Cast
Against

 

Shares
Abstained

 

Broker
Non-Votes

Elected each individual identified below to the Board of Directors to serve a one-year term expiring in 2016:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Philip G. Behrman, Ph.D.

 

112,878,161

 

99.77%

 

74.31%

 

257,987

 

0.23%

 

545,875

 

15,140,681

A. Bray Cary, Jr.

 

112,353,449

 

99.31%

 

73.97%

 

777,616

 

0.69%

 

550,958

 

15,140,681

Margaret K. Dorman

 

112,849,358

 

99.74%

 

74.29%

 

296,366

 

0.26%

 

536,299

 

15,140,681

David L. Porges

 

110,587,775

 

98.02%

 

72.80%

 

2,229,342

 

1.98%

 

864,906

 

15,140,681

James E. Rohr

 

111,492,875

 

98.56%

 

73.40%

 

1,629,658

 

1.44%

 

559,490

 

15,140,681

David S. Shapira

 

111,521,275

 

98.58%

 

73.41%

 

1,605,689

 

1.42%

 

555,059

 

15,140,681

Lee T. Todd, Jr., Ph.D.

 

112,191,415

 

99.17%

 

73.86%

 

938,173

 

0.83%

 

552,435

 

15,140,681

 

Proposal 2*:

 

Shares For

 

%
Cast
For

 

%
Outstanding
For

 

Shares
Against

 

% Cast
Against

 

Shares
Abstained

 

Broker
Non-Votes

Approved a non-binding resolution regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for 2014.

 

111,334,782

 

98.61%

 

73.29%

 

1,564,498

 

1.39%

 

782,743

 

15,140,681

 

Proposal 3*:

 

Shares For

 

%
Cast
For

 

%
Outstanding
For

 

Shares
Against

 

% Cast
Against

 

Shares
Abstained

 

Broker
Non-Votes

Ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015.

 

127,118,294

 

99.20%

 

83.69%

 

1,028,966

 

0.80%

 

675,444

 

N/A

 

Proposal 4*:

 

Shares For

 

%
Cast
For

 

%
Outstanding
For

 

Shares
Against

 

% Cast
Against

 

Shares
Abstained

 

Broker
Non-Votes

Approved a shareholder proposal regarding a proxy access bylaw.

 

74,818,968

 

66.31%

 

49.26%

 

38,020,840

 

33.69%

 

841,311

 

15,140,681

 

* For purposes of Proposals 1 through 4, abstentions, broker non-votes and the failure to vote are not votes cast and, accordingly, have no effect on the outcome of such proposals.

 

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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: April 16, 2015

 

By:

/s/ Philip P. Conti

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Philip P. Conti

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer