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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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| Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
At the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Targa Resources Corp. (the “Company”) held on May 25, 2021 (the “Annual Meeting”), upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), stockholders approved an amendment (the “Charter Amendment”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”). The Charter Amendment amends Article FOURTH of the Charter to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance from 300,000,000 shares to 450,000,000 shares. The Charter Amendment became effective upon the filing of the Certificate of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company with the Secretary of State of Delaware on May 25, 2021.
The foregoing description of the terms of the Charter Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Charter Amendment, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The Company held its Annual Meeting on May 25, 2021. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders were requested to: (1) elect five Class II Directors to serve on the Board for a term of office expiring at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; (2) ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for 2021; (3) approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and (4) approve an amendment to the Company’s Charter to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance to 450,000,000 shares. The following are the final voting results on proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, each of which is more fully described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2021:
| 1. | Each of the five Class II directors that was up for re-election was elected for a term of three years expiring at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Votes regarding the election of these directors were as follows: |
| NOMINEE |
VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST |
VOTES ABSTAINED |
BROKER NON-VOTES |
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| Beth A. Bowman |
175,784,420 | 2,478,869 | 108,618 | 20,677,926 | ||||||||||||
| Lindsey M. Cooksen |
165,888,036 | 12,364,061 | 119,808 | 20,677,928 | ||||||||||||
| Robert B. Evans. |
173,952,047 | 4,211,873 | 207,985 | 20,677,928 | ||||||||||||
| Joe Bob Perkins. |
170,513,834 | 7,744,092 | 113,978 | 20,677,929 | ||||||||||||
| Ershel C. Redd Jr. . |
172,775,504 | 5,481,429 | 114,971 | 20,677,929 | ||||||||||||
| 2. | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was ratified as the Company’s independent auditors for 2021. The voting results were as follows: |
| VOTES FOR |
VOTES AGAINST |
VOTES ABSTAINED | ||
| 197,616,581 |
1,320,738 |
112,514 |
| 3. | The Board proposal seeking approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved. The voting results were as follows: |
| VOTES FOR |
VOTES AGAINST |
VOTES ABSTAINED |
BROKER NON-VOTES | |||
| 174,684,212 |
3,417,836 |
269,850 |
20,677,935 |
| 4. | The Board proposal seeking approval of an amendment to the Company’s Charter to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance to 450,000,000 shares. The voting results were as follows: |
| VOTES FOR |
VOTES AGAINST |
VOTES ABSTAINED | ||
| 196,159,137 |
2,675,336 | 215,347 |
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Targa Resources Corp. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| TARGA RESOURCES CORP. | ||||||
| Dated: May 26, 2021 | By: | /s/ Jennifer R. Kneale | ||||
| Jennifer R. Kneale | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
