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EX-99.1 - CAROL LOWE PRESS RELEASE -- 06-01-17 - EMCOR Group, Inc.exhibit99-1_060117.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): June 1, 2017
EMCOR Group, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-8267
11-2125338
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

301 Merritt Seven, Norwalk, CT
06851-1092
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

(203) 849-7800

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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

On June 1, 2017 at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of EMCOR Group, Inc. (the "Company"), the stockholders of the Company voted on the following four items:

1.
To elect eleven directors to serve until the Company's next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

2.
To consider a non-binding advisory resolution approving executive compensation.

3.
To consider a non-binding advisory resolution on the frequency of the non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation.

4.
To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent auditors for 2017.

5.
To consider a shareholder proposal regarding action by written consent.

The results are as follows:

Proposal 1.    The nominees for director were elected based upon the following votes:
 
Nominee
Shares For
Shares Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
 
John W. Altmeyer
52,586,788
354,122
13,964
1,929,625
Stephen W. Bershad
52,441,444
499,248
14,182
1,929,625
David A.B. Brown
51,892,812
1,047,845
14,217
1,929,625
Anthony J. Guzzi
52,506,764
436,356
11,754
1,929,625
Richard F. Hamm, Jr.
51,934,516
1,007,162
13,196
1,929,625
David H. Laidley
52,586,428
354,626
13,820
1,929,625
Carol P. Lowe
52,813,282
129,080
12,512
1,929,625
M. Kevin McEvoy
52,567,002
375,071
12,801
1,929,625
Jerry E. Ryan
52,302,475
638,482
13,917
1,929,625
Steven B. Schwarzwaelder
52,568,369
373,462
13,043
1,929,625
Michael T. Yonker
52,137,826
803,952
13,096
1,929,625

A copy of the press release announcing the re-election of incumbent directors standing for election and the election of Ms. Carol P. Lowe to the Board of Directors of the Company is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

Proposal 2.    The proposal for stockholders to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved based                         upon the following votes:
 
                                                        Shares For                                        50,427,864
                                                        Shares Against                   2,468,383                                                                      
                                                        Shares Abstaining             58,627
                                                        Broker Non-Votes              1,929,625
 
Proposal 3.    The stockholders voted, on a non-binding advisory basis, on whether the non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive
                        officers should occur every year, every two years or every three years. The results were as follows:

Shares for Every Year
 
Shares for Every 2 Years
 
Shares for Every 3 Years
 
Shares Abstaining
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
43,862,078
 
28,723
 
9,021,289
 
42,784
 
1,929,625
 

                        In light of these results, and consistent with its own recommendation, the Board of Directors of the Company has determined to provide the Company's                         stockholders with an annual advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers until the next required vote on the frequency of such                         advisory votes. The Company is required to hold a vote on frequency every six years.

Proposal 4.    The proposal for stockholders to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young  LLP as the Company's independent auditors for 2017 was approved based  upon the                         following votes:
 
                                                        Shares For                           54,128,846
                                                        Shares Against                   745,281                                                                
                                                        Shares Abstaining             10,372                                        

                                                        There were no broker
non-votes on this item.
 
Proposal 5.
The proposal for stockholders to consider a proposal requiring the Board of Directors of the Company to take steps to permit shareholder actions to be taken by written consent in lieu of a meeting of the shareholders was not approved, based on the following votes:
 
                                                        Shares For                                        23,264,743
                                                        Shares Against                           29,469,392                                                      
                                                        Shares Abstaining                   220,739                                                      
                                                        Broker Non-Votes                    1,929,625                                                      

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1    Press Release dated June 1, 2017
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
   
EMCOR GROUP, INC.
       
       
       
Date: June 2, 2017
 
By:
/s/ Maxine L. Mauricio
     
Name: Maxine L. Mauricio
Title: Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and
Secretary
 
 
 

 
Exhibit Index 
 
           Exhibit No.
Description
 
                99.1
Press Release dated June 1, 2017