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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 2, 2023, SkyWest, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders in a virtual-only meeting format, at which the Company’s shareholders considered and voted on the items described below:
| 1. | The following persons were elected to serve as directors of the Company, each to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, based upon the following votes: |
Name of Nominee |
| Votes For |
| Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
| |
Jerry C. Atkin | 37,905,300 | 947,482 | 25,764 | 4,319,209 | ||||
Russell A. Childs | 38,273,754 | 571,073 | 33,719 | 4,319,209 | ||||
Smita Conjeevaram | 35,526,189 | 3,202,190 | 150,167 | 4,319,209 | ||||
Meredith S. Madden | 38,491,137 | 322,972 | 64,437 | 4,319,209 | ||||
Ronald J. Mittelstaedt | 37,762,060 | 1,029,530 | 86,956 | 4,319,209 | ||||
Andrew C. Roberts | 38,285,371 | 326,818 | 266,357 | 4,319,209 | ||||
Keith E. Smith | 38,028,478 | 804,100 | 45,968 | 4,319,209 | ||||
James L. Welch | 31,967,239 | 6,861,589 | 49,718 | 4,319,209 |
| 2. | The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, based upon the following votes: |
Votes for approval |
| 38,195,660 |
|
Votes against | 629,377 | ||
Abstentions | 53,509 | ||
Broker Non-Votes | 4,319,209 |
| 3. | The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, to hold future advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every year, based upon the following votes: |
For 1 Year |
| 35,944,448 |
|
For 2 Years | 113,990 | ||
For 3 Years | 2,787,883 | ||
Abstentions | 32,225 |
| 4. | The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, based upon the following votes: |
Votes for approval |
| 42,574,618 |
|
Votes against | 571,844 | ||
Abstentions | 51,293 |
Based upon the results set forth in Proposal 3 above, the Company currently intends to hold an advisory vote on the compensation of its named executive officers every year.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| SKYWEST, INC. | ||
Dated: May 4, 2023 | By | /s/ Eric J. Woodward | |
Eric J. Woodward, Chief Accounting Officer | |||