Form 8-K

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 17, 2013 (May 16, 2013)

 

 

Union Pacific Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Utah   1-6075   13-2626465

(State or other jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1400 Douglas Street, Omaha, Nebraska

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

68179

(Zip Code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (402) 544-5000

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

Union Pacific Corporation (the Company) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 16, 2013, in Salt Lake City, Utah (the Meeting). Of the 468,375,278 shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting, 401,887,189 shares were present at the Meeting in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum of approximately 85.80%. The shareholders of the Company’s common stock considered and voted upon five proposals at the Meeting.

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors

The holders of the common stock of the Company elected each of the following directors to serve a term of one year, ending at the time of the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2014 (or until a successor is elected) pursuant to the By-Laws of the Company and the applicable laws of the State of Utah:

 

Name

  Votes For     Votes Against   Abstentions     Broker
Non-Votes
 
Andrew H. Card, Jr.     360,251,889      1,469,418     992,836          39,173,046   
Erroll B. Davis, Jr.     359,816,029      1,889,950     1,008,164          39,173,046   
Thomas J. Donohue     355,587,869      6,131,394     994,880          39,173,046   
Archie W. Dunham     356,394,228      5,239,786     1,080,129          39,173,046   
Judith Richards Hope     357,442,630      4,262,026     1,009,487          39,173,046   
John J. Koraleski     357,951,113      3,820,256     942,774          39,173,046   
Charles C. Krulak     359,079,797      2,638,653     995,693          39,173,046   
Michael R. McCarthy     360,428,676      1,264,365     1,021,102          39,173,046   
Michael W. McConnell     360,114,889      1,600,191     999,063          39,173,046   
Thomas F. McLarty III     359,869,493      1,836,896     1,007,754          39,173,046   
Steven R. Rogel     357,757,097      3,943,320     1,013,726          39,173,046   
Jose H. Villarreal     358,614,321      3,083,520     1,016,302          39,173,046   
James R. Young     357,086,790      4,660,749     966,604          39,173,046   

Proposal 2 – Ratification of Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Year Ending December 31, 2013

The holders of the Company’s common stock voted for the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013 by the following count:

 

Votes For

  Votes Against   Abstentions

395,711,112

  5,066,743   1,109,334


Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation (“Say on Pay”)

The holders of the Company’s common stock approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers, by the following count:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

349,442,778

  10,818,880   2,449,934   39,175,597

Proposal 4 – Adoption of Union Pacific Corporation 2013 Stock Incentive Plan

The Board of Directors requested that shareholders approve the Company’s 2013 Stock Incentive Plan. The holders of the Company’s common stock voted for Proposal 4 by the following count:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

344,953,916

  15,934,701   1,822,975   39,175,597

Proposal 5 – Shareholder Proposal Regarding Lobbying Activities

A shareholder of the Company submitted a proposal requesting that the Board of Directors authorize the preparation of an annual report disclosing the Company’s lobbying activities. The holders of the Company’s common stock voted against Proposal 5 by the following count:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

89,386,121

  230,254,619   43,070,503   39,175,946


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.

Dated: May 17, 2013

 

UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION
By:   /s/James J. Theisen, Jr.
  James J. Theisen, Jr.
 

Associate General Counsel and

Assistant Secretary