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 4, 2011

 

 

CONSOL Energy Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-14901   51-0337383

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

CNX Center

1000 CONSOL Energy Drive

Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 15317

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(724) 485-4000

Not applicable

(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.

On May 4, 2011, CONSOL Energy Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The final results of the matters voted on at the Annual Meeting are provided below.

Proposal 1: The election of directors to hold office for a one-year term expiring at the annual meeting in 2012 or until their respective successors are elected and qualified:

 

Director Name

   For      Withheld      Broker
Non-Votes
 

J. Brett Harvey

     182,021,980         8,721,304         10,696,800   

John Whitmire

     170,489,834         20,253,450         10,696,880   

Philip W. Baxter

     161,652,012         29,091,272         10,696,880   

James E. Altmeyer, Sr.

     169,682,722         21,060,562         10,696,880   

William E. Davis

     188,544,685         2,198,599         10,696,880   

Raj K. Gupta

     188,509,478         2,233,806         10,696,880   

Patricia A. Hammick

     188,244,008         2,499,276         10,696,880   

David C. Hardesty, Jr.

     188,538,667         2,204,617         10,696,880   

John T. Mills

     161,992,390         28,750,894         10,696,880   

William P. Powell

     161,871,375         28,871,909         10,696,880   

Joseph T. Williams

     161,838,270         28,905,014         10,696,880   

There were no abstentions on this matter.

Proposal 2: The ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.

 

For:

     200,951,356   

Against:

     232,981   

Abstained:

     255,827   

Broker Non-Votes:

     0   

Proposal 3: The advisory vote to approve executive compensation.

 

For:

     105,292,021   

Against:

     83,141,498   

Abstained:

     2,309,765   

Broker Non-Votes:

     10,696,880   

Proposal 4: The advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes to approve executive compensation.

 

1 Year

     128,549,106   

2 Years

     21,360,377   

3 Years

     38,854,955   

Abstained:

     1,978,346   

Broker Non-Votes:

     10,697,380   


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.

 

CONSOL ENERGY INC.
By:  

/s/ Stephen W. Johnson

  Stephen W. Johnson,
  Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Dated: May 6, 2011