8-K
filed March 11, 2024, 7:59 PM ET
ticker NFG
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National Fuel authorizes $200M share buyback; dividend held at $0.495
NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO
- Board authorizes $200M share repurchase program, targeting completion by end of fiscal 2025.
- Regular quarterly dividend of $0.495 per share declared, payable April 15 to holders of record March 28.
- Stockholders approved amended equity plan, increasing authorized shares by 3.7M and extending to 2035.
- All 11 director nominees elected with >94% support; auditor and say-on-pay approved by wide margins.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.98
NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024 at the 2024-03-11 meeting.
- Proposal
- auditor ratification
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2024-03-11
Exact text from the filing
The vote with respect to ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024 was as follows: For, 78,550,144 (97.9% of the votes cast); Against, 1,666,466; Abstain, 172,210; Broker Non-Votes, 0.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.98
NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-03-11 meeting.
- Proposal
- director election
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2024-03-11
Exact text from the filing
The votes with respect to the directors were as follows: For Percentage of Votes Cast For Withheld Broker Non-Votes David H. Anderson 70,476,950 98.7% 947,527 8,964,343 David P. Bauer 70,309,228 98.4% 1,115,249 8,964,343 Barabara M. Baumann 70,679,941 99.0% 744,536 8,964,343 David C. Carroll 67,131,348 94.0% 4,293,129 8,964,343 Steven C. Finch 68,414,425 95.8% 3,010,052 8,964,343 Joseph N. Jaggers 70,355,409 98.5% 1,069,068 8,964,343 Rebecca Ranich 67,476,581 94.5% 3,947,896 8,964,343 Jeffrey W. Shaw 68,448,734 95.8% 2,975,743 8,964,343 Thomas E. Skains 68,621,132 96.1% 2,803,345 8,964,343 David F. Smith 69,781,694 97.7% 1,642,783 8,964,343 Ronald J. Tanski 70,176,955 98.3% 1,247,522 8,964,343
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.98
NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO shareholders approved Approval of Revised 2010 Equity Compensation Plan at the 2024-03-11 meeting.
- Proposal
- equity plan
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2024-03-11
Exact text from the filing
The vote with respect to approval of the Revised 2010 Equity Compensation Plan was as follows: For, 67,003,018 (94.3% of the votes cast); Against, 4,019,988; Abstain, 401,471; Broker Non-Votes, 8,964,343.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.98
NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation at the 2024-03-11 meeting.
- Proposal
- say on pay
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2024-03-11
Exact text from the filing
The advisory vote with respect to approval of named executive officer compensation was as follows: For, 68,395,504 (96.4% of the votes cast); Against, 2,559,893; Abstain, 469,080; Broker Non-Votes, 8,964,343.
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