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23-Apr-2012
Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Amendments to Articles of
The board of directors of South Jersey Industries, Inc. ("SJI") amended SJI's bylaws (Article II, Section 2.1) to increase the size of the board of directors from 9 to 10 members at its April 20, 2012 board meeting. A copy of amended bylaws are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 and are hereby incorporated by reference.
Our annual meeting of shareholders was held on April 20, 2012. The proposals voted upon at the annual meeting, as well as the voting results for each proposal, including the numbers of votes cast for, against or withheld, and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, are set forth below.
• Proposal 1: Election of Board of Director's eight nominees, all with terms expiring in 2012. With the exception of Director Holzer, all nominees were previously elected by the shareholders. Directors (term expiring 2013) were elected as follows:
For Withheld Broker Non-Vote
Thomas A. Bracken 21,911,316 193,145 78,466
Keith S. Campbell 20,992,929 1,111,532 996,853
Victor A. Fortkiewicz 21,921,328 183,133 68,454
Edward J. Graham 20,746,901 1,357,560 1,242,881
Sheila Hartnett-Devlin 21,003,560 1,100,901 986,222
Walter M. Higgins III 21,914,987 189,474 74,795
Sunita Holzer 21,918,263 186,198 71,519
Joseph H. Petrowski 21,926,744 177,717 63,038
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• Proposal 2: Advisory vote on the Company's executive compensation. The shareholders approved this proposal.
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 21,063,475 745,235 295,752 8,145,543
• Proposal 3: Approval of the Executive Management Incentive Compensation Plan. The shareholders approved this proposal.
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 19,792,037 1,967,044 345,380 8,145,543
• Proposal 4: Approval of the South Jersey Industries, Inc. 1997 Stock-based Compensation Plan. The shareholders approved this proposal.
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 20,800,785 972,183 331,494 8,145,543
• Proposal 5: The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 2012. The shareholders approved this proposal.
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 25,716,056 1,153,634 99,147 3,281,167
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press release dated April 23, 2012
3.2 Bylaws of South Jersey Industries, Inc. as amended and restated through
April 20, 2012
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