Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") on May 7, 2020. As of the record date for the Annual Meeting, March 10, 2020, 16,422,459 shares of the Company’s common stock, the Company’s only class of equity securities entitled to vote, were outstanding. Of these shares, 15,038,206 were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, which constituted a quorum for the transaction of business at the Annual Meeting. Set forth below are the voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Proxies for the meeting were solicited in accordance with Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Proposal 1: The stockholders voted on the election of one Class II director nominee who was elected to the Company’s Board to serve a two-year term ending in 2022 and until her successor is elected and qualified. The stockholders also voted on the election of four Class III director nominees, each of whom was elected to the Company’s Board to serve a three-year term ending in 2023 and until his/her successor is elected and qualified. The separate tabulation of votes for each nominee is as follows: (i) Lila A. Jaber - 12,820,297 votes for, 105,406 votes withheld; (ii) Thomas J. Bresnan - 12,561,995 votes for, 363,708 votes withheld; (iii) Ronald G. Forsythe, Jr. - 12,786,513 votes for, 139,190 votes withheld; (iv) Dianna F. Morgan - 12,088,665 votes for, 837,038 votes withheld; and (v) John R. Schimkaitis - 12,281,672 votes for, 644,031 votes withheld. There were 2,112,503 broker non-votes for each nominee. There were no abstentions for any nominee.
Proposal 2: The stockholders voted to approve, on an advisory non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Say-on-Pay Proposal"). The stockholders approved, on an advisory non-binding basis, the Say-on-Pay Proposal. There were 12,458,414 affirmative votes, 333,290 negative votes, 133,999 abstentions and 2,112,503 broker non-votes.
Proposal 3: The stockholders voted to ratify, on the advisory non-binding proposal, the appointment of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (“Baker Tilly”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. The stockholders ratified, on an advisory non-binding basis, the appointment of Baker Tilly in this capacity. There were 14,638,984 affirmative votes, 352,929 negative votes, and 46,293 abstentions. There were no broker non-votes for this matter.