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 22, 2023
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) held on May 22, 2023, the stockholders of New Fortress Energy Inc. (the “Company”) voted on the matters described below:
1.The Company’s stockholders elected two Class I directors, who comprise all the directors of such class, to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified. The numbers of shares that voted for the election of such directors, withheld authority to vote for such directors, and represented broker non-votes with respect to this proposal are summarized in the table below:
| Director Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes* | |||||||||||||||||
| John J. Mack | 151,780,422 | 23,319,442 | 6,773,510 | |||||||||||||||||
| Katherine E. Wanner | 157,968,142 | 17,131,722 | 6,773,510 | |||||||||||||||||
2.The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. The numbers of shares that voted for, against and abstained from voting for or against the ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP are summarized in the table below:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||||||||
| 181,771,460 | 17,166 | 84,748 | ||||||||||||
* Broker non-votes are instances where a broker holding shares of record for a beneficial owner does not vote the shares because it has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner and therefore is precluded by stock exchange rules from voting on a particular matter. Under these rules, when a broker holding shares in “street name” does not receive voting instructions from a beneficial owner, the broker has discretionary authority to vote on certain routine matters but is prohibited from voting on non-routine matters. Brokers who do not receive instructions are not entitled to vote on the election of directors, but they are entitled to vote on the ratification of the appointment of the independent registered public accounting firm.
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.
| NEW FORTRESS ENERGY INC. | ||||||||
| Date: May 22, 2023 | By: | /s/ Christopher S. Guinta | ||||||
| Name: | Christopher S. Guinta | |||||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||||