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): June 8, 2011

UNITED CONTINENTAL HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-06033   36-2675207

(State or other

jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

77 W. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL   60601
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 997-8000

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.

On June 8, 2011, United Continental Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The proposals submitted to the stockholders at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

   

Proposal 1 - the election of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”);

 

   

Proposal 2 - the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011;

 

   

Proposal 3 - the advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as presented in the Company’s definitive proxy statement; and

 

   

Proposal 4 - the advisory resolution on the frequency of future advisory stockholder votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

Each proposal is described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement, which was filed with the Commission on April 22, 2011.

At the Annual Meeting, each director nominee was re-elected and the stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP. The stockholders also approved, in advisory and non-binding votes, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and an annual vote frequency for future advisory stockholder votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The final voting results for each proposal, including the number of votes cast for, against or withheld, and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, are set forth below.

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors

In accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, the Company’s stockholders elected a total of 16 director nominees to the Board, of which 14 directors were elected by the holders of the Company’s common stock, one director was elected by the holder of the Company’s one share of Class Pilot MEC Junior Preferred Stock and one director was elected by the holder of the Company’s one share of Class IAM Junior Preferred Stock.

The holders of the Company’s common stock elected the 14 director nominees listed in the table below.

 

Director Nominee

   For      Withheld      Broker Non-Votes

Kirbyjon H. Caldwell

     252,842,245         4,654,714       38,036,982

Carolyn Corvi

     250,897,752         6,599,207       38,036,982

W. James Farrell

     221,639,213         35,857,746       38,036,982

Jane C. Garvey

     252,845,690         4,651,269       38,036,982

Walter Isaacson

     252,880,488         4,616,471       38,036,982

Henry L. Meyer III

     220,146,076         37,350,883       38,036,982

Oscar Munoz

     253,044,009         4,452,950       38,036,982

James J. O’Connor

     217,306,523         40,190,436       38,036,982

Laurence E. Simmons

     253,052,511         4,444,448       38,036,982

Jeffery A. Smisek

     252,684,880         4,812,079       38,036,982

Glenn F. Tilton

     248,160,814         9,336,145       38,036,982

David J. Vitale

     252,157,584         5,339,375       38,036,982

John H. Walker

     252,874,710         4,622,249       38,036,982

Charles A. Yamarone

     222,411,794         35,085,165       38,036,982

 


In addition, the United Airlines Pilots Master Executive Council of the Air Line Pilots Association, International (“ALPA”), the holder of the Company’s one share of Class Pilot MEC Junior Preferred Stock, elected Wendy J. Morse as the ALPA director, and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (“IAM”), the holder of the Company’s one share of Class IAM Junior Preferred Stock, elected Stephen R. Canale as the IAM director.

Proposal 2 –Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accountants for 2011

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstained

 

Broker Non-Votes

289,954,425   4,106,056   1,473,460   0

Proposal 3 – Advisory Resolution Approving the Compensation of the Named Executive Officers

The Company’s stockholders approved, in an advisory and non-binding vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as presented in the Company’s definitive proxy statement.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstained

 

Broker Non-Votes

208,805,631   47,640,979   1,050,349   38,036,982

Proposal 4 – Advisory Resolution on the Frequency of Future Advisory Stockholder Votes on the Compensation of the Named Executive Officers

The Company’s stockholders approved, in an advisory and non-binding vote, an annual vote frequency for future advisory stockholder votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

1 Year

 

2 Years

 

3 Years

 

Abstained

 

Broker Non-Votes

219,176,898   664,169   36,323,379   1,332,513   38,036,982

In accordance with the results of the non-binding, advisory vote on the frequency of future stockholder votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the Annual Meeting, the Board has determined that a non-binding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company will be included annually in the Company’s proxy materials until the next vote on frequency, which will be held no later than the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2017.

 


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.

 

 

UNITED CONTINENTAL HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/    Brett J. Hart        
Name:   Brett J. Hart
Title:  

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and

Secretary

Date: June 8, 2011