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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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) April 26, 2018
 
NRG ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
Delaware
001-15891
 
41-1724239
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
804 Carnegie Center, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
 
(609) 524-4500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
N/A
(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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 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On April 3, 2018, Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell withdrew his name from nomination for re-election to the Board of Directors (the "Board") at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) as described in NRG Energy, Inc.’s (the "Company”) Supplement to the Proxy Statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2018.  Following the Annual Meeting of the Company on April 26, 2018, Pastor Caldwell’s term as director of the Company expired effective April 26, 2018, and the Board has reduced the size of the Board from twelve (12) to eleven (11) members.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
The Company held its Annual Meeting on April 26, 2018 in Princeton, New Jersey.  Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders.
 
(a) Proposal 1 — Election of eleven directors
 
Name
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
E. Spencer Abraham
 
232,413,348
 
30,597,944
 
138,031
 
18,142,466
 
Matthew Carter, Jr.
 
262,817,888
 
192,461
 
138,974
 
18,142,466
 
Lawrence S. Coben
 
260,057,118
 
2,955,720
 
136,485
 
18,142,466
 
Heather Cox
 
262,888,532
 
190,947
 
69,844
 
18,142,466
 
Terry G. Dallas
 
262,689,659
 
223,625
 
236,039
 
18,142,466
 
Mauricio Gutierrez
 
260,822,651
 
2,189,549
 
137,123
 
18,142,466
 
William E. Hantke
 
259,875,155
 
3,135,360
 
138,808
 
18,142,466
 
Paul W. Hobby
 
260,568,285
 
2,346,286
 
234,752
 
18,142,466
 
Anne C. Schaumburg
 
259,957,079
 
3,123,784
 
68,460
 
18,142,466
 
Thomas H. Weidemeyer
 
259,288,924
 
3,626,369
 
234,030
 
18,142,466
 
C. John Wilder
 
262,689,773
 
257,882
 
201,668
 
18,142,466
 
 
With respect to the foregoing Proposal 1, all eleven directors were elected and each received the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting.
  
(b) Proposal 2 — Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
259,156,107
 
3,822,371
 
170,845
 
18,142,466
 
 
The foregoing Proposal 2 was approved.
  
(c) Proposal 3 — Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the 2018 fiscal year
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
275,060,152
 
6,107,209
 
124,428
 
-
 
 
The foregoing Proposal 3 was approved.

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(d) Proposal 4 – Stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of political expenditures

Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
91,174,776
 
167,660,262
 
4,314,285
 
18,142,466
 

The foregoing Proposal 4 was not approved.

 

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SIGNATURES
 
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.
 
 
NRG Energy, Inc.
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Brian E. Curci
 
 
Brian E. Curci
 
 
Corporate Secretary
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dated: April 27, 2018
 
 
 


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