Form 8-K

 

 

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 17, 2013

 

 

 

Commission

File Number

   

Registrant; State of Incorporation;

Address; and Telephone Number

   

IRS Employer

Identification No.

1-9513   

CMS ENERGY CORPORATION

(A Michigan Corporation)

One Energy Plaza

Jackson, Michigan 49201

(517) 788-0550

    38-2726431
1-5611   

CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY

(A Michigan Corporation)

One Energy Plaza

Jackson, Michigan 49201

(517) 788-0550

    38-0442310

 

 

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.

CMS ENERGY CORPORATION

At the CMS Energy Corporation (“CMS Energy”) annual meeting of shareholders held on May 17, 2013, the CMS Energy shareholders voted upon three proposals as described in the CMS Energy Proxy Statement dated April 5, 2013. The results of the shareholder votes are as follows:

 

  1. Proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit CMS Energy’s financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2013 was approved, with a vote as follows:

Number of Votes:

 

For    Against      Abstentions      Broker non-votes  
234,299,735      455,869         472,640         0   

 

  2. Non-binding advisory proposal to approve the compensation paid to CMS Energy’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy statement pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and the related narrative disclosure, was approved, with a vote as follows:

Number of Votes:

 

For     Against     Abstentions      Broker non-votes  
  209,354,690        4,245,096        1,136,849         20,491,609   
  (98.01 %)      (1.99 %)      

 

  3. Proposal to elect eleven members to the CMS Energy board of directors. All of the nominees were elected with the votes for individual nominees as follows:

Number of Votes:

 

     For      Against      Abstentions      Broker non-votes  

Jon E. Barfield

      212,957,772         1,290,497         488,801         20,491,174   

Stephen E. Ewing

      213,700,322         556,278         480,467         20,491,177   

Richard M. Gabrys

      210,724,146         3,516,922         495,999         20,491,177   

William D. Harvey

      213,590,431         659,130         487,510         20,491,173   

David W. Joos

      211,882,853         1,788,889         1,065,329         20,491,173   

Philip R. Lochner, Jr.

      212,334,788         1,901,980         500,299         20,491,177   

Michael T. Monahan

      213,154,748         1,083,943         498,376         20,491,177   

John G. Russell

      213,130,533         1,130,842         475,695         20,491,174   

Kenneth L. Way

      211,803,783         2,421,325         511,956         20,491,180   

Laura H. Wright

      213,781,351         483,165         472,555         20,491,173   

John B. Yasinsky

      211,717,142         2,516,688         503,236         20,491,178   

CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY

Consumers Energy Company (“Consumers Energy”) did not solicit proxies for the matters submitted to votes at the contemporaneous May 17, 2013 Consumers Energy annual meeting of shareholders. All 84,108,789 shares of Consumers Energy common stock held by CMS Energy were voted in favor of electing the above-named individuals as directors of Consumers Energy and in favor of the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit Consumers Energy’s financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2013. None of the 441,599 shares of Consumers Energy preferred stock were voted at the annual meeting.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

      CMS ENERGY CORPORATION
Dated: May 22, 2013     By:  

/s/ Thomas J. Webb

      Thomas J. Webb
      Executive Vice President and
      Chief Financial Officer
      CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY
Dated: May 22, 2013     By:  

/s/ Thomas J. Webb

      Thomas J. Webb
      Executive Vice President and
      Chief Financial Officer