Form 8-K

 

 

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): May 11, 2016

 

 

Frontier Communications Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

001-11001   06-0619596
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
401 Merritt 7, Norwalk, Connecticut   06851
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(203) 614-5600

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

Frontier Communications Corporation held its 2016 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders on May 11, 2016. The number of shares of common stock present at the Annual Meeting was 979,250,407 or 83.5% of the shares of common stock outstanding on March 14, 2016, the record date for the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, the following items were submitted to a vote of stockholders:

(1) All nominees were elected to serve on the Board of Directors pursuant to the following votes:

 

     Number of Votes*  

Director

    FOR      WITHHELD  

Leroy T. Barnes, Jr.

      630,940,287         11,078,772   

Peter C.B. Bynoe

      631,969,372         10,049,687   

Diana S. Ferguson

      632,980,487         9,038,572   

Edward Fraioli

      632,290,024         9,729,035   

Daniel J. McCarthy

      630,646,257         11,372,802   

Pamela D.A. Reeve

      633,049,617         8,969,442   

Virginia P. Ruesterholz

      632,375,833         9,643,226   

Howard L. Schrott

      633,083,205         8,935,854   

Larraine D. Segil

      629,934,489         12,084,570   

Mark Shapiro

      612,856,706         29,162,353   

Myron A. Wick III

      629,603,142         12,415,917   

 

* Does not include 337,231,348 broker non-votes.

(2) The advisory proposal to approve executive compensation was approved with the following vote:

 

Number of votes FOR

      601,319,114   

Number of votes AGAINST

      32,618,899   

Number of votes ABSTAINING

      8,081,046   

Number of BROKER NON-VOTES

      337,231,348   

(3) The appointment of KPMG LLP as Frontier’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016 was ratified with the following vote:

 

Number of votes FOR

      957,944,993   

Number of votes AGAINST

      15,136,308   

Number of votes ABSTAINING

      6,169,106   

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.

 

    FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
Date: May 11, 2016     By:  

/s/ Mark D. Nielsen

    Mark D. Nielsen
    Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary