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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): April 27, 2023

 

Clearway Energy, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-36002   46-1777204
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

300 Carnegie Center, Suite 300, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(609) 608-1525

(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:

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 CWEN.A New York Stock Exchange
Class C Common Stock, par value $0.01 CWEN New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company    ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Clearway Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on April 27, 2023. Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

 

(a) Proposal 1 – Election of eleven directors

 

Name  Votes For   Votes Against   Broker Non-Votes 
Jonathan Bram   57,264,906    9,278,461    4,560,322 
Nathaniel Anschuetz   58,452,354    8,091,013    4,560,322 
Emmanuel Barrois   58,456,415    8,086,952    4,560,322 
Brian R. Ford   54,262,490    12,280,877    4,560,322 
Guillaume Hédiard   58,458,278    8,085,089    4,560,322 
Jennifer Lowry   58,805,338    7,738,029    4,560,322 
Bruce MacLennan   58,457,477    8,085,890    4,560,322 
Daniel B. More   52,566,795    13,976,572    4,560,322 
E. Stanley O’Neal   65,578,741    964,626    4,560,322 
Christopher S. Sotos   59,794,003    6,749,364    4,560,322 
Vincent Stoquart   58,230,186    8,313,181    4,560,322 

 

With respect to the foregoing Proposal 1, all eleven directors were elected and each received a plurality of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting.

 

(b) Proposal 2 — Advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation

 

Votes For  Votes Against  Abstentions  Broker Non-Votes 
65,157,909   1,243,135   142,320   4,560,325 

 

The foregoing Proposal 2 was approved.

 

(c) Proposal 3 — Advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation

 

One Year  Two Years   Three Years   Abstentions 
65,210,831   78,260    525,892    728,381 

 

 

 

With respect to the foregoing Proposal 3, the option to hold future advisory votes every one year received a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting. Based on these results, the Company’s Board of Directors currently intends to hold an advisory vote on executive compensation every one year.

 

(d) Proposal 4 – Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the 2023 fiscal year

 

Votes For  Votes Against   Abstentions 
70,929,572   132,952    41,165 

 

The foregoing Proposal 4 was approved.

 

 

 

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.

 

  Clearway Energy, Inc.
    
  By: /s/ Kevin P. Malcarney
     Kevin P. Malcarney
     Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

Date:  May 1, 2023