awk-8k_20160513.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 13, 2016

 

American Water Works Company, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Commission File Number: 001-34028

 

Delaware

51-0063696

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1025 Laurel Oak Road

Voorhees, NJ 08043

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(856) 346-8200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(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:

o

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 


Item 5.07.Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2016 Annual Meeting”) of American Water Works Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), was held on May 13, 2016. An aggregate of 159,385,467 shares, or 89.6% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock as of March 21, 2016, the record date for the 2016 Annual Meeting, was represented in person or by proxy at the 2016 Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum. The results of voting at the 2016 Annual Meeting on each of the matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders thereat is as set forth below.

 

1.

The following nine nominees were elected as directors of the Company for a term expiring at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, and received the votes set forth adjacent to their names below:

Director Nominee

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

Julie A. Dobson

 

136,258,549

 

187,690

 

117,049

 

22,822,179

Paul J. Evanson

 

136,174,119

 

265,937

 

123,232

 

22,822,179

Martha Clark Goss

 

135,675,982

 

779,125

 

108,181

 

22,822,179

Richard R. Grigg

 

136,187,175

 

253,489

 

122,624

 

22,822,179

Veronica M. Hagen

 

136,008,583

 

436,462

 

118,243

 

22,822,179

Julia L. Johnson

 

135,092,006

 

1,357,601

 

113,681

 

22,822,179

Karl F. Kurz

 

136,070,246

 

369,302

 

123,740

 

22,822,179

George MacKenzie

 

135,691,530

 

756,248

 

115,510

 

22,822,179

Susan N. Story

 

136,242,552

 

210,051

 

110,685

 

22,822,179

 

 

2.

The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers received the votes set forth below:

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

133,039,461

 

3,070,901

 

452,926

 

22,822,179

 

 

3.

The ratification of the appointment, by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016, was approved by the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

157,254,252

 

1,816,237

 

314,978



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.

 

 

 

AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.

 

 

 

 

Dated: May 13, 2016

 

By:

/s/ MICHAEL A. SGRO

 

 

 

Michael A. Sgro

 

 

 

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary