Dominion Energy, Inc 8-K, filed May 12, 2022

Dominion Energy, Inc (D)

8-K 2022-05-12 For: 2022-05-11

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About this 8-K

Dominion Energy, Inc filed this 8-K on May 12, 2022, reporting on events of May 11, 2022.

Items reported

Item 5.03: Charter or bylaw amendment, or fiscal year change
Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits

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Virginia	001-08489	54-1229715
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

120 Tredegar Street Richmond, Virginia		23219
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


Nominee	Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Abstained	Broker Non-vote
James A. Bennett	564,122,404	5,664,268	1,660,522	100,975,721
Robert M. Blue	533,482,254	34,029,948	3,934,992	100,975,721
Helen E. Dragas	540,487,049	29,370,804	1,589,341	100,975,721
James O. Ellis, Jr.	541,523,973	28,253,932	1,669,289	100,975,721
D. Maybank Hagood	563,276,476	6,443,311	1,727,407	100,975,721
Ronald W. Jibson	564,315,010	5,442,210	1,689,974	100,975,721
Mark J. Kington	539,585,831	30,182,600	1,678,763	100,975,721
Joseph M. Rigby	551,233,875	18,533,098	1,680,221	100,975,721
Pamela J. Royal, M.D.	539,012,615	29,740,449	2,694,130	100,975,721
Robert H. Spilman, Jr.	527,927,588	41,843,226	1,676,380	100,975,721
Susan N. Story	559,269,671	10,671,401	1,506,122	100,975,721
Michael E. Szymanczyk	545,388,996	24,314,649	1,743,549	100,975,721


Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Abstained	Broker Non-Vote
523,943,959	44,155,109	3,348,126	100,975,721


Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Abstained
635,036,026	35,570,900	1,816,122


Item 5.03	Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.


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


Exhibits
3.1	Dominion Energy, Inc. Bylaws, amended, effective May 11, 2022*
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			DOMINION ENERGY, INC.
			Registrant

		By:	/s/ Carter M. Reid
			Carter M. Reid
			Executive Vice President, Chief of Staff and Corporate Secretary and President – Dominion Energy Services


I	Name	1
II	Shareholders’ Meetings	1
III	Annual Meeting	1
IV	Special Meetings	1
V	Notice of Shareholders’ Meetings	2
VI	Voting Lists	3
VII	Quorum	3
VIII	Voting	3
IX	Record Date	4
X	Shareholder Proposals	4
XI	Board of Directors	6
XII	Proxy Access for Director Nominations	6
XIII	Manner of Election of Directors	13
XIV	Powers of Directors	13
XV	Executive and Other Committees	13
XVI	Meetings of Directors and Quorum	14
XVII	Action Without a Meeting	14
XVIII	Director Resignation and Removals	15
XIX	Board Vacancies	15
XX	Officers	15
XXI	Eligibility of Officers	15
XXII	Duties and Authority of Chair of the Board of Directors, Vice Chair, Chief Executive Officer and Others	16


XXIII	Vice Presidents	16
XXIV	Corporate Secretary	16
XXV	Treasurer	16
XXVI	Controller	17
XXVII	Officer Resignations and Removals	17
XXVIII	Officer Vacancies	17
XXIX	Certificates and Records for Shares	17
XXX	Transfer of Shares	18
XXXI	Voting of Shares Held	18
XXXII	Bonds, Debentures and Notes Issued Under an Indenture	19
XXXIII	Amendments	19
XXXIV	Emergency Bylaws	19
XXXV	Control Share Acquisitions	20


(a)	a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the Annual Meeting, including the complete text of any resolutions to be presented at the Annual Meeting, with respect to such business, and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting;


(b)	the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation's books, of such Shareholder and of any Shareholder Associated Person (as defined below);


(d)	any material interest of the Shareholder or such Shareholder Associated Person in such business.


(d)	For purposes of this Article XII, a Shareholder shall "Own" only those outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation as to which the Shareholder possesses both:
(i)		the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares; and
(ii)		the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit from and risk of loss on) such shares;


Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits


Article I.	Name.


Article II.	Shareholders' Meetings.


Article III.	Annual Meeting.


(x)	sold by such Shareholder or any of its affiliates in any transaction that has not been settled or closed, including any short sale;


(y)	borrowed by such Shareholder or any of its affiliates for any purposes or purchased by such Shareholder or any of its affiliates pursuant to an agreement to resell; or


(1)	reducing in any manner, to any extent or at any time in the future, such Shareholder's or its affiliates' full right to vote or direct the voting of any such shares; and/or


(2)	hedging, offsetting or altering to any degree any gain or loss realized or realizable from maintaining the full economic ownership of such shares by such Shareholder or its affiliates.


(f)	Within the time period specified in this Article XII for delivering the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination, an Eligible Shareholder must provide the following information in writing to the Corporate Secretary:


(ii)	a copy of the Schedule 14N that has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as required by Rule 14a-18 under the Exchange Act;


(iii)	the information, representations and agreements that are the same as those that would be required to be set forth in a Shareholder's notice of nomination pursuant to Article XI of these Bylaws;


(iv)	the consent of each Shareholder Nominee to being named in the proxy materials as a nominee and to serving as a Director if elected;


(v)	a representation that the Eligible Shareholder (including each member of any group of Shareholders that together is an Eligible Shareholder hereunder):


(A)	acquired the Required Shares in the ordinary course of business and not with the intent to change or influence control at the Corporation, and does not presently have such intent,


(B)	presently intends to maintain qualifying ownership of the Required Shares through the date of the Annual Meeting,


(C)	has not nominated and will not nominate for election any individual as a Director at the Annual Meeting, other than its Shareholder Nominee(s),


(D)	has not engaged and will not engage in, and has not and will not be a "participant" in another person's, "solicitation" within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) under the Exchange Act in support of the election of any individual as a Director at the Annual Meeting, other than its Shareholder Nominee(s) or a nominee of the Board of Directors,


(E)	will not distribute to any Shareholder any form of proxy for the Annual Meeting other than the form distributed by the Corporation;


(F)	agrees to comply with all applicable laws and regulations with respect to any solicitation in connection with the Annual Meeting or applicable to the filing and use, if any, of soliciting material, and


(G)	will provide facts, statements and other information in all communications with the Corporation and its Shareholders that are or will be true and correct in all material respects and do not and will not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;


(vi)	an undertaking that the Eligible Shareholder agrees to:
(A)		assume all liability stemming from any legal or regulatory violation arising out of the Eligible Shareholder's communications with the Shareholders of the Corporation or out of the information that the Eligible Shareholder provided to the Corporation;
(B)		indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation and each of its Directors, officers and employees individually against any liability, loss or damages in connection with any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, whether legal, administrative or investigative, against the Corporation or any of its Directors, officers or employees arising out of any nomination submitted by the Eligible Shareholder pursuant to this Article XII; and
(C)		file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any solicitation or other communication with the Corporation's Shareholders relating to the Annual Meeting at which the Shareholder Nominee will be nominated, regardless of whether any such filing is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act or whether any exemption from filing is available thereunder; and


(vii)	in the case of a nomination by a group of Shareholders that together is an Eligible Shareholder, the designation by all group members of one group member that is authorized to act on behalf of all such members with respect to the nomination and matters related thereto, including withdrawal of the nomination.


(g)	Within the time period specified in this Article XII for delivering the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination, a Shareholder Nominee must deliver to the Corporate Secretary a written representation and agreement that such person:
(i)		will act as a representative of all of the Shareholders of the Corporation while serving as a Director;


(iii)	is not or will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with candidacy or service as a Director of the Corporation that has not been disclosed to the Corporation as provided in section (h);