8-K
filed May 12, 2026, 1:12 PM ET
ticker WEC
CIK 0000783325
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confidence high
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WEC Energy shareholders reject proposals to eliminate supermajority voting requirements
WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC.
- All 12 director nominees elected with >235M votes each; largest dissent was Payne Jr. with 15.7M against.
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as 2026 auditors: 273M for, 14.2M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 236.2M for, 14.4M against.
- Proposals to remove supermajority voting from Articles and Bylaws both failed (248M for, 3M against each; not enough).
- Stockholder proposal on majority vote defeated: 94.2M for, 156.2M against.
Key facts
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Auditors for 2026 at the 2026-05-07 meeting.
- Proposal
- auditor ratification
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2026-05-07
Exact text from the filing
Proposal 2 – Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Auditors for 2026 The proposal to ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditors for 2026 was approved by the Company’s shareholders.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC. shareholders approved Election of Twelve Directors for Terms Expiring in 2027 at the 2026-05-07 meeting.
- Proposal
- director election
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2026-05-07
Exact text from the filing
Proposal 1 – Election of Twelve Directors for Terms Expiring in 2027 Each of the twelve Directors listed below was approved by the Company’s stockholders to serve a term expiring in 2027.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC. shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal to Govern by Majority Vote at the 2026-05-07 meeting.
- Outcome
- failed
- Meeting
- 2026-05-07
Exact text from the filing
Proposal 6 – Stockholder Proposal to Govern by Majority Vote The stockholder proposal to govern by majority was not approved by the Company’s shareholders.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC. shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Compensation of the Named Executive Officers at the 2026-05-07 meeting.
- Proposal
- say on pay
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2026-05-07
Exact text from the filing
Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote to Approve Compensation of the Named Executive Officers The advisory vote to approve compensation of the named executive officers was approved by the Company’s shareholders.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC. shareholders rejected Amendment to our Bylaws to Eliminate Supermajority Voting Requirements at the 2026-05-07 meeting.
- Proposal
- charter amendment
- Outcome
- failed
- Meeting
- 2026-05-07
Exact text from the filing
Proposal 5 – Amendment to our Bylaws to Eliminate Supermajority Voting Requirements The proposal to amend our Bylaws to eliminate supermajority voting requirements was not approved by the Company’s shareholders.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC. shareholders rejected Amendment to our Restated Articles of Incorporation to Eliminate Supermajority Voting Requirements at the 2026-05-07 meeting.
- Proposal
- charter amendment
- Outcome
- failed
- Meeting
- 2026-05-07
Exact text from the filing
Proposal 4 – Amendment to our Restated Articles of Incorporation to Eliminate Supermajority Voting Requirements The proposal to amend our Restated Articles of Incorporation to eliminate supermajority voting requirements was not approved by the Company’s shareholders.
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