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Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
As further described below in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, on June 6, 2023, at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Antero Midstream Corporation (the “Company”), the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to reflect new Delaware law provisions regarding officer exculpation. On June 8, 2023, the Company filed the Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and the Amendment became effective upon filing.
A description of the Amendment is set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 27, 2023 (the “Proxy”) in the section entitled “Item 4: Amendment to Antero Midstream’s Charter to Reflect Officer Exculpation,” which description is incorporated herein by reference. The description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders were requested to (i) elect three Class I members of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to serve until the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders; (ii) ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023; (iii) approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and (iv) approve the amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation to reflect new Delaware law provisions regarding officer exculpation. Each of these items is more fully described in the Proxy.
The results of the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting are as follows:
Proposal No. 1 - Election of Class I Directors: Votes regarding the persons elected as Class I directors were as follows:
Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
Peter A. Dea | 381,061,511 | 13,760,585 | 45,299,512 | |||||||||
W. Howard Keenan, Jr. | 323,442,776 | 71,379,320 | 45,299,512 | |||||||||
Janine J. McArdle | 382,249,452 | 12,572,644 | 45,299,512 |
Proposal No. 2 — Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP: The ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP was approved as follows:
For | Against | Abstain | ||||||||
438,770,737 | 555,631 | 795,240 |
Proposal No. 3 — Approval of the Compensation, on an Advisory Basis, of the Company’s Named Executive Officers: The voting results were as follows:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
352,657,215 | 40,668,727 | 1,496,154 | 45,299,512 |
Proposal No. 4 — Approval of the Amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation to reflect officer exculpation: The voting results were as follows:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
360,882,747 | 32,838,312 | 1,101,037 | 45,299,512 |
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Description | |
3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Antero Midstream Corporation, dated June 8, 2023. | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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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.
ANTERO MIDSTREAM CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Brendan E. Krueger | |
Brendan E. Krueger | ||
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President –Finance and Treasurer |
Dated: June 8, 2023