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CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
On April 27, 2023, CONSOL Energy Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of the record date for the Annual Meeting, March 3, 2023, there were 34,524,925 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote.
The final voting results on the matters considered by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting are provided below.
| Proposal 1: | James A. Brock, John T. Mills, William P. Powell, Joseph P. Platt, Valli Perera and Cassandra Pan were elected as directors, each for a one-year term expiring at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders by the following votes: |
| Director Name | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes |
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| James A. Brock |
24,399,272 | 161,023 | 4,584,564 | |||||||||
| John T. Mills |
19,577,566 | 4,982,729 | 4,584,564 | |||||||||
| William P. Powell |
19,443,056 | 5,117,239 | 4,584,564 | |||||||||
| Joseph P. Platt |
18,923,092 | 5,637,203 | 4,584,564 | |||||||||
| Valli Perera |
24,278,555 | 281,740 | 4,584,564 | |||||||||
| Cassandra Pan |
24,375,128 | 185,167 | 4,584,564 | |||||||||
| Proposal 2: | The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified by the following votes: |
| For: |
28,799,479 | |||
| Against: |
162,276 | |||
| Abstain: |
183,104 |
| Proposal 3: | The compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers in 2022 was approved, on an advisory basis, by the following votes: |
| For: |
23,101,175 | |||
| Against: |
1,306,869 | |||
| Abstain: |
152,251 | |||
| Broker Non-Votes: |
4,584,564 |
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.
| CONSOL ENERGY INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Martha A. Wiegand | |
| Martha A. Wiegand | ||
| General Counsel and Secretary | ||
Dated: May 2, 2023