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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 30, 2013
     
     
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 30, 2013. Holders of an aggregate of 117,864,710 shares of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on February 21, 2013, were entitled to vote at the meeting, of which 102,419,360 or 86.9% of the eligible voting shares were represented in person or by proxy. At the annual meeting, the shareholders were presented with four 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
80,809,748
736,843
20,872,769
Thomas D. Bell, Jr.
80,826,512
720,079
20,872,769
Norman R. Bobins
80,050,343
1,496,248
20,872,769
Charles R. Crisp
80,802,481
744,110
20,872,769
Brenda J. Gaines
71,822,913
9,723,678
20,872,769
Arthur E. Johnson
80,578,174
968,417
20,872,769
Wyck A. Knox, Jr.
80,544,389
1,002,202
20,872,769
Dennis M. Love
80,647,207
899,384
20,872,769
Charles H. “Pete” McTier
80,634,096
912,495
20,872,769
Dean R. O’Hare
80,767,482
779,109
20,872,769
Armando J. Olivera
80,705,487
841,104
20,872,769
John E. Rau
80,795,298
751,293
20,872,769
James A. Rubright
79,566,750
1,979,841
20,872,769
John W. Somerhalder II
79,599,216
1,947,375
20,872,769
Bettina M. Whyte
80,802,288
744,303
20,872,769
Henry C. Wolf
80,748,390
798,201
20,872,769

Proposal 2 – Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013.

For
101,344,578
Against
666,875
Abstain
407,907
Broker Non-Votes
None

Proposal 3 – Approval of a non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

For
78,075,056
Against
2,268,876
Abstain
1,202,659
Broker Non-Votes
20,872,769

Proposal 4 – Approval of a shareholder resolution to approve a gender identity non-discrimination policy.

For
26,946,467
Against
38,700,086
Abstain
15,900,038
Broker Non-Votes
20,872,769


 
 
 


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:  May 1, 2013
 /s/ Andrew W. Evans
 
Andrew W. Evans
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer