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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): April 29, 2014
     
     
AGL RESOURCES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Georgia
1-14174
58-2210952
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
     
Ten Peachtree Place NE Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)
     
     
404-584-4000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
     
     
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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:
 
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Item 5.07                      Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

AGL Resources Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders in Atlanta, Georgia on April 29, 2014. Holders of an aggregate of 119,202,412 shares of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on February 18, 2014, were entitled to vote at the meeting, of which 102,112,750 or 85.67% of the eligible voting shares were represented in person or by proxy. At the annual meeting, the shareholders were presented with six proposals as set forth in the Company’s proxy statement. The shareholders voted as follows:

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors.

Nominee    For      Withheld      Broker Non-votes  
                   
Sandra N. Bane
     79,384,588       606,620       22,131,542  
Thomas D. Bell, Jr.
     79,338,167       653,041       22,131,542  
Norman R. Bobins
     78,104,543       1,886,665       22,131,542  
Charles R. Crisp
     79,107,929       883,279       22,131,542  
Brenda J. Gaines
     71,252,732       8,738,476       22,131,542  
Arthur E. Johnson
     79,095,707       895,501       22,131,542  
Wyck A. Knox, Jr.
     79,046,749       944,459       22,131,542  
Dennis M. Love
     79,189,698       801,510       22,131,542  
Dean R. O’Hare
     79,356,795       634,413       22,131,542  
Armando J. Olivera
     79,401,860       589,348       22,131,542  
John E. Rau
     79,375,582       615,626       22,131,542  
James A. Rubright
     79,164,298       826,910       22,131,542  
John W. Somerhalder II
     77,928,096       2,063,112       22,131,542  
Bettina M. Whyte
     79,317,177       674,031       22,131,542  
Henry C. Wolf
     79,303,122       688,086       22,131,542  

Proposal 2 – Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014.

For     101,006,027  
Against
     798,317  
Abstain
     318,406  
Broker Non-Votes
  
None
  

Proposal 3 – Advisory vote on executive compensation.

For     76,412,272  
Against
     2,314,193  
Abstain
     1,264,743  
Broker Non-Votes
     22,131,542  

Proposal 4 – Adoption of an amendment and restatement of our amended and restated employee stock purchase plan.

For     77,533,482  
Against
     1,681,212  
Abstain
     776,514  
Broker Non-Votes
     22,131,542  


 
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Proposal 5 – Shareholder proposal on gender identity non-discrimination policy.

For      27,121,701  
Against
     45,287,969  
Abstain
     7,581,538  
Broker Non-Votes
     22,131,542  

Proposal 6 – Shareholder proposal on majority voting standard for director elections.

For     40,132,050  
Against
     39,209,445  
Abstain
     649,713  
Broker Non-Votes
     22,131,542  


 
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SIGNATURE

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.
 

 
 
AGL RESOURCES INC.
 
(Registrant)
 
 
Date:  April 30, 2014
 /s/ Andrew W. Evans
 
Andrew W. Evans
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


 
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