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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,  DC 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):    May 14, 2014

 

Frontier Communications Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

 

 

001-11001

06-0619596

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

3 High Ridge Park, Stamford,  Connecticut

06905

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(203) 614-5600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

_________________

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

 

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

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CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 


 

 

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

Frontier Communications Corporation held its 2014 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders on May 14, 2014 (the “Meeting”).  The number of shares of common stock present at the Meeting was 801,048,708 or 79.9% of the shares of common stock outstanding on March 18, 2014, the record date for the Meeting.  At the Meeting, the following items were submitted to a vote of stockholders.

(1)Election of directors.  All nominees were elected pursuant to the following votes 

 

 

 

Number of Votes*

Director

FOR

WITHHELD

Leroy T. Barnes, Jr.

472,328,089

7,947,521 

Peter C.B. Bynoe

465,755,247

14,520,363 

Edward Fraioli

472,578,032

7,697,578 

Daniel J. McCarthy

471,918,762

8,356,848 

Pamela D.A. Reeve

472,360,537

7,915,073 

Virginia P. Ruesterholz

451,163,543

29,112,067 

Howard L. Schrott

472,575,995

7,699,615 

Larraine D. Segil

472,089,355

8,186,255 

Mark Shapiro

471,388,952

8,886,658 

Myron A. Wick, III

471,925,393

8,350,217 

Mary Agnes Wilderotter

449,883,361

30,392,249 

 

__________

*  Does not include 320,773,098 broker non-votes.

 

(2)Advisory proposal on executive compensation.  The matter was approved with the following vote:

 

 

 

 

Number of votes FOR

445,847,382 

Number of votes AGAINST

28,676,453 

Number of votes ABSTAINING

5,751,775 

Number of BROKER NON-VOTES

320,773,098 

 

(3)Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014.  The matter was approved with the following vote:

 

 

 

 

Number of votes FOR

787,089,174 

Number of votes AGAINST

10,099,481 

Number of votes ABSTAINING

3,860,053 

 

Item 8.01         Other Events

 

                       The information set forth in the press release issued by Frontier Communications Corporation on May 14, 2014, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, is incorporated herein by reference.


 

 

Item 9.01         Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)Exhibits

99.1Press Release of Frontier Communications Corporation released on May 14, 2014.

 


 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

FRONTIER Communications CORPORATION

 

 

Date:  May 14, 2014

By:/s/ David G. Schwartz

 

David G. Schwartz

 

Vice President, Corporate Counsel and

 

Assistant Secretary