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 25, 2013

 

NRG Energy, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-15891

 

41-1724239

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

211 Carnegie Center, Princeton, NJ

 

08540

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(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:

 

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

 

NRG Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 25, 2013, in Wilmington, Delaware.  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 five Class I Directors

 

Name

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Kirbyjon H. Caldwell

 

266,402,818

 

2,611,706

 

8,494,592

 

14,642,610

 

David Crane

 

267,666,643

 

1,345,716

 

8,496,758

 

14,642,609

 

Kathleen A. McGinty

 

267,539,990

 

1,507,714

 

8,461,413

 

14,642,609

 

Evan J. Silverstein

 

267,485,979

 

1,528,293

 

8,494,844

 

14,642,610

 

Thomas H. Weidemeyer

 

266,833,283

 

2,176,898

 

8,498,937

 

14,642,607

 

 

With respect to the foregoing Proposal 1, all five Class I 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

 

234,011,843

 

33,509,602

 

9,987,673

 

14,642,607

 

 

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 fiscal year 2013

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

280,567,708

 

2,882,705

 

8,701,313

 

 

 

The foregoing Proposal 3 was 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/ David R. Hill

 

 

David R. Hill

 

 

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

 

 

Dated: April 29, 2013

 

 

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