form_8-k.htm

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, 2012
     
     
AGL RESOURCES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Georgia
1-14174
58-2210952
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
     
Ten Peachtree Place NE Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)
     
     
404-584-4000
(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:
 
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Item 5.07                       Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
AGL Resources held its annual meeting of shareholders on May 1, 2012. The following matters were voted upon and the results of the voting are as follows:

Proposal 1 – Election of sixteen directors to serve until the annual meeting of shareholders in 2013 or until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.

Nominee
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
     
19,956,724
Sandra N. Bane
80,307,511
815,060
  
Thomas D. Bell, Jr.
80,315,230
807,341
  
Norman R. Bobins
78,714,674
2,407,897
  
Charles R. Crisp
80,217,597
904,974
  
Brenda J. Gaines
69,330,086
11,792,485
  
Arthur E. Johnson
80,172,287
950,284
  
Wyck A. Knox, Jr.
79,784,223
1,338,348
  
Dennis M. Love
79,881,638
1,240,933
  
Charles H. “Pete” McTier
80,167,172
955,399
  
Dean R. O’Hare
80,289,259
833,312
  
Armando J. Olivera
70,501,615
10,620,956
  
John E. Rau
80,289,320
833,251
  
James A. Rubright
78,349,256
2,773,315
  
John W. Somerhalder II
79,239,101
1,883,470
  
Bettina M. Whyte
80,339,238
783,333
  
Henry C. Wolf
80,316,842
805,729
  

Proposal 2 – Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2012.

For
99,762,641
Against
1,002,381
Abstain
314,273
Broker Non-Votes
None

Proposal 3 – Approval of a non-binding resolution relating to the compensation of the company's named executive officers.

For
77,515,756
Against
2,106,057
Abstain
1,500,758
Broker Non-Votes
19,956,724



 
 
 
 

 
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 hereunto duly authorized.
 

 
 
AGL RESOURCES INC.
 
(Registrant)
 
 
Date:  May 2, 2012
  /s/ Andrew W. Evans 
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer