NEXTERA ENERGY INC shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal entitled 'Paris Agreement Alignment' requesting a report on climate change alignment at the 2026-05-21 meeting.
“NEE’s shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal entitled “Paris Agreement Alignment” that requested NEE publish a report describing if and how the Company plans to reduce its total contribution to climate change and align its operations and investments with the Paris Agreement's goal of maintaining global temperatures well below 2 degrees Celsius, and ideally, 1.5 degrees Celsius, as set forth below: FOR % VOTES CAST FOR AGAINST ABSTENTIONS BROKER NON-VOTES 563,397,263 34.6% 1,066,491,763 17,773,048 219,253,474”
Shareholder Votes
NEXTERA ENERGY INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2026-05-21 meeting.
“NEE's shareholders approved, by non-binding advisory vote, NEE's compensation of its named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, as set forth below: FOR % VOTES CAST FOR AGAINST ABSTENTIONS BROKER NON-VOTES 1,444,310,601 88.2% 193,158,674 10,192,799 219,253,474”
Shareholder Votes
NEXTERA ENERGY INC shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 at the 2026-05-21 meeting.
“NEE's shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as NEE's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026, as set forth below: FOR % VOTES CAST FOR AGAINST ABSTENTIONS BROKER NON-VOTES 1,729,943,133 92.8% 133,706,756 3,265,659 —”
Shareholder Votes
NEXTERA ENERGY INC shareholders approved Election of twelve nominees to the Board for a one-year term at the 2026-05-21 meeting.
“NEE's shareholders elected each of the twelve nominees to the Board for a one-year term, as set forth below: FOR % VOTES CAST FOR AGAINST ABSTENTIONS BROKER NON-VOTES Nicole S. Arnaboldi 1,629,278,266 99.0% 15,882,656 2,501,152 219,253,474 James L. Camaren 1,565,949,726 95.2% 79,012,613 2,699,735 219,253,474 Naren K. Gursahaney 1,564,178,301 95.1% 80,806,046 2,677,727 219,253,474 Kirk S. Hachigian 1,501,016,548 91.3% 143,522,094 3,123,432 219,253,474 Maria G. Henry 1,629,585,823 99.1% 15,601,240 2,475,011 219,253,474 John W. Ketchum 1,553,758,655 94.5% 90,885,427 3,017,992 219,253,474 Amy B. Lane 1,492,487,263 90.7% 152,574,689 2,600,122 219,253,474 Geoffrey S. Martha 1,619,158,489 98.4% 25,515,445 2,988,140 219,253,474 David L. Porges 1,598,358,888 97.2% 46,549,085 2,754,101 219,253,474 Deborah L. "Dev" Stahlkopf 1,616,066,321 98.2% 29,015,913 2,579,840 219,253,474 John A. Stall 1,630,683,623 99.1% 14,184,214 2,794,237 219,253,474 Darryl L. Wilson 1,609,162,709 97.8% 35,781,141 2,718,”
Material Agreements
NEXTERA ENERGY INC entered into Merger Agreement with Dominion Energy, Inc. (effective 2026-05-15).
“On May 15, 2026, NextEra Energy, Inc., a Florida corporation (“NextEra Energy”), WG Development Corp., a Virginia corporation and direct wholly owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy (“Merger Sub Corp”), CS Holdco, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company and direct wholly owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy (“LLC Sub”), and Dominion Energy, Inc., a Virginia corporation (“Dominion Energy”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”).”
Armando Pimentel, Jr. was appointed as Vice Chairman at NEXTERA ENERGY INC.
“Armando Pimentel, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and a named executive officer of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE), resigned from such position effective May 18, 2026 and was appointed Vice Chairman of NEE effective May 18, 2026.”
Geoffrey S. Martha was appointed as Director at NEXTERA ENERGY INC.
“On July 9, 2024, NextEra Energy, Inc.’s (NEE) Board of Directors (Board) approved an increase in the size of the Board from eleven to twelve members and, upon the recommendation of the Governance & Nominating Committee of the Board, appointed Geoffrey S. Martha to fill the newly created directorship.”
Debt Financings
NEXTERA ENERGY INC incurred convertible notes of $1.0 billion in aggregate principal amount with initial purchasers at 3.00% per year, payable semi-annually maturing March 1, 2027.
“On March 1, 2024, NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. (NEECH) issued $1.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of its 3.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2027 (the notes) pursuant to an indenture dated as of March 1, 2024 (the indenture) among NEECH, NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE), NEECH’s corporate parent, as guara ntor, and The Bank of New York Mellon , as trustee.”
Maria G. Henry was appointed as Director at NEXTERA ENERGY INC.
“appointed Maria G. Henry to fill the newly created directorship.”
Shareholder Votes
NEXTERA ENERGY INC shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal entitled 'Board Skills Disclosure' requesting disclosure in matrix format of each director/nominee's self-identified gender and racial ethnicity, as well as individual skills and attributes at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
“NEE’s shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal entitled "Board Skills Disclosure" that requested disclosure, in matrix format, of each director/nominee's self-identified gender and racial ethnicity, as well as individual skills and attributes most relevant to NEE, as set forth below:”
Shareholder Votes
NEXTERA ENERGY INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay votes at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
“NEE’s shareholders chose, by non-binding advisory vote, "1 Year" as the frequency with which NEE should hold a non-binding shareholder advisory vote to approve its compensation of its named executive officers, as set forth below:”
Shareholder Votes
NEXTERA ENERGY INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote to approve compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
“NEE's shareholders approved, by non-binding advisory vote, NEE's compensation of its named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, as set forth below:”
Shareholder Votes
NEXTERA ENERGY INC shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
“NEE's shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as NEE's independent registered public accounting firm for 2023, as set forth below:”
Shareholder Votes
NEXTERA ENERGY INC shareholders approved Election of twelve nominees to the Board for a one-year term at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
“NEE's shareholders elected each of the twelve nominees to the Board for a one-year term, as set forth below:”
Debt Financings
NEXTERA ENERGY INC incurred senior notes of $1,065 million principal amount at 6.09% maturing December 2042.
“On December 21, 2022, NextEra Energy Transmission Holdings, LLC (NextEra Energy Transmission Holdings), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. (NextEra Energy Capital Holdings), issued $1,065 million principal amount of 6.09% senior secured limited-recourse fully-amortizing notes maturing in December 2042 (the notes).”
Nicole S. Arnaboldi was appointed as Director at NEXTERA ENERGY INC.
“appointed Nicole S. Arnaboldi to fill the newly created directorship.”
John W. Ketchum was appointed as Chairman of the Board at NEXTERA ENERGY INC.
“On May 19, 2022, the Board appointed Mr. Ketchum to succeed Mr. Robo as Chairman of the Board effective upon Mr. Robo’s retirement as of the close of business on July 29, 2022, at which time Mr. Ketchum will serve as NEE’s Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer.”
James L. Robo departed as Chairman of the Board and Executive Chairman at NEXTERA ENERGY INC.
“On May 19, 2022, James L. Robo, Chairman of the Board of Directors (Board) and Executive Chairman of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE), advised the Board that he will retire, effective as of the close of business on July 29, 2022, as Chairman of the Board and Executive Chairman.”
Lynn M. Utter departed as director at NEXTERA ENERGY INC.
“Lynn M. Utter, a director of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NextEra Energy), advised NextEra Energy’s Board of Directors that she will not stand for re-election as a director of NextEra Energy at the 2022 annual meeting of shareholders.”
John W. Ketchum was appointed as member of the Board at NEXTERA ENERGY INC.
“appointed John W. Ketchum to fill the newly created directorship, effective March 1, 2022.”
Rebecca J. Kujawa departed as Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer at NEXTERA ENERGY INC.
“Rebecca J. Kujawa will cease her current service as Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of NEE effective on March 1, 2022”
John W. Ketchum was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at NEXTERA ENERGY INC.
“the Board appointed: • Mr. Ketchum to succeed Mr. Robo as President and Chief Executive Officer of NEE, effective on March 1, 2022.”
James L. Robo was appointed as Executive Chairman at NEXTERA ENERGY INC.
“James L. Robo, the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of NEE, will transition to Executive Chairman of NEE”
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